The Mirai malware that attacked about 500,000 connected devices last year could just be the beginning of a new kind of hacking activity and could lead to other more advanced attacks in the future, according to a security research and advisory company.
The Mirai malware that attacked about 500,000 connected devices last year could just be the beginning of a new kind of hacking activity and could lead to other more advanced attacks in the future, according to a security research and advisory company.
In a webinar organized by Memoori, Billy Rios, Founder of WhiteScope pointed out that the fact that Mirai’s source code is available online could prompt other hackers to work on it and come up with their own code.
“It will certainly grow,” said Rios. “No one knows what the motivations of the persons or the group that wrote this and why they wanted to open source it. I think one of the most popular kind of theories is that Mirai wa...