Get Ready for the ’Reaper’ Botnet: It’s Already Infected Over a Million Devices – NBC News
Just in time for Halloween, a growing hacked device botnet named ”Reaper” could put the internet in the dark.Over a million internet-connected cameras and routers have already been infected, researchers with the Israeli-based firm Check Point says and the number is growing.”Our research suggests we are now experiencing the calm before an even more powerful storm,” they warned last week. ”The next cyber hurricane is about to come.”
”Botnets” consist of vast networks of thousands and even millions of computers that have been infected with malware, enslaving them to do someone else’s bidding. They can be commanded usually without their owners’ knowledge to provide the raw computing power to take down websites and launch further cyberattacks.
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