Malware targets IoT devices for data wipes

by Rambus Blog, Apr. 12, 2017 – 

Lucian Constantin of IDG News Service confirms that attackers have begun adding data-wiping routines to malware targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. One such example is Amnesia, which infects digital video recorders by exploiting a well-known vulnerability.

"Amnesia is a variation of an older IoT botnet client called Tsunami, but what makes it interesting is that it attempts to detect whether it?s running inside a virtualized environment," Constantin explained.

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