Security Firms Almost Brought Down Massive Mirai Botnet

Following a failed takedown attempt, changes made to the Mirai malware variant responsible for building one of today’s biggest botnets of IoT devices will make it incredibly harder for authorities and security firms to shut it down. Last week, security researchers from Qihoo 360’s NetLab discovered…

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