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A vigilante hacker may have built a computer worm to protect the IoT

Computer worm Hajime has been racing to infect some of the same devices Mirai has. It’s also been carrying a message written from its developer. Security firm Symantec says Hajime’s developer has been patching bugs in the worm previously reported. The developer refers to himself or herself as the “Hajime author” in the message the worm has been leaving behind. The message has been digitally signed and fetched in a way that leaves little doubt it comes from Hajime.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3191092/a-vigilante-hacker-may-have-built-a-computer-worm-to-protect-the-iot.html

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