Devices in the so-called Internet of Things remain the most important target for attacks by cyber criminals. The number of harmful bots continues to rise steadily.

The results of the sixth edition of the report “The Hunt for IoT” by security service provider F5 Networks paint a gloomy picture. Thereafter, 26 new Thingbots were discovered between October 2018 and January 2019 alone. There were six in 2017 as a whole and nine in 2016.
The Internet of Thingbots lives on
Thingbots are malicious programs that hackers use to take over IoT devices and in …

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