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Old viruses gaining new life thanks to the Internet of Things

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Excerpts fromSoftpedia coverage: A company called iPower Technologies has discovered that body camerassold by Martel Electronics come pre-infected with the Conficker worm. In terms of malware, Conficker is a dinosaur when compared to current threats. Most antivirus engines detect it today, and very few criminal groups use it because of this. But since almost no IoT device can run security products and they are usually programmed without paying too much attention to self-protection measures, Conficker can be as effective in 2015 as it was in 2008 and 2009.

This could get ugly.


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