New Silex malware has begun bricking several hundred poorly secured IoT devices per hour, using default credentials to log in and then wipe devices (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
New Silex malware has begun bricking several hundred poorly secured IoT devices per hour, using default credentials to log in and then wipe devices — Over 2,000 devices have been bricked in the span of a few hours. Attacks still ongoing. — A new strain of malware is wiping the firmware …
New Silex malware has begun bricking several hundred poorly secured IoT devices per hour, using default credentials to log in and then wipe devices (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)
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