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Thanks. Interesting information!
New Silex malware is bricking IoT devices
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The times we live in I guess.
No IoT devices here, as far as I know anyway? No smart TV's etc.
Plus my Raspberry Pi's firmware is stored on its Micro SD card. All I have to do is reimage my SD card. If I did decide to set one up as an IoT device. Windows 10 IoT just didn't do it for me though.
New Silex malware is bricking IoT devices
Posted: 27 Jun 2019
A new strain of malware is wiping the firmware of IoT devices in attacks reminiscent of the old BrickerBot malware that destroyed millions of devices back in 2017.
Named Silex, this malware began operating earlier today, about three-four hours before this article's publication.
The malware had bricked around 350 devices when this reporter began investigating its operations, and the number quickly spiked to 2,000 wiped devices by the time we published, an hour later.
Attacks are still ongoing, and according to an interview with the malware's creator, they are about to intensify in the coming days...
Read more: New Silex malware is bricking IoT devices, has scary plans | ZDNet
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