Silex malware

[fenderman]

New Silex malware is bricking IoT devices, has scary plans | ZDNet

 

[mikeynags]

Nasty

 

[Mike A.]

Is it wrong that I kinda like these brickers?

 

[bigredfish]

"It's using known default credentials for IoT devices to log in and kill the system,"

 

[bp2008]

While some may appreciate that bricking unsecure devices prevents them from being used to attack others in the future, it is still effectively destruction of property on a large scale. I firmly believe that people who do that are in the wrong.

 

[bigredfish]

Criminals.