Security researchers have spotted a new threat dubbed Brickerbot botnet that causes permanent damage to Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Researchers at Radware have found many similarities with the dreaded Mirai botnet. The main difference with Mirai is that this threat permanently destroys poorly configured IoT devices. Most of the attacks were originated from Argentina, while 333 attempts came from a Tor node. The malicious code targets Linux-based IoT devices running the BusyBox toolkit which have their Telnet port open and exposed on the Internet.”]
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