In the past two years, all IoT malware discovered have been found to be doing the same thing.
But, in general, IoT devices are used as bots for DDoS attacks in most of the cases.
This is further made simple by equipment owners who do not protect their devices with custom passwords.
According to Symantec, the table below shows the most encountered passwords in IoT devices worldwide.
Latest malware such as the Ubiquiti worm has wormable features that allow it to spread to other devices.
There are over one million compromised IoT devices available online, as indicated by Level 3 estimates.
Early pointers indicate this was the work of a huge botnet of IoT devices, Krebs said.
Besides the aforementioned, you’re able to also add Linux.BillGates, Linux.BackDoor.Irc, Mirai, and Rex.
In most cases, the blame usually depends upon one company.
The DVRs were bought and sold by 70 other companies, who put their own logo on top.
source: www.techworm.net
