Botnet

Botnets return to worry. Echobot, the new version of Mirai, targets IoT devices while Emotet, dismantled in June, is back in business, raising concerns among security experts.

The connected devices, whatever they are, if not properly secured can become a source of DDoS attacks. That the spread of the Internet of Things devices is leading to a growth of security threats is not new: considering the large volume…