"This Mirai Malware Vaccine Could Protect Insecure Iot Devices"

A team of researchers have developed a white worm by the name of “AntiBIoTic” to defend insecure Internet of Things (IoT) devices from outbreaks such as the recent Mirai DDoS attacks. This vaccine has been created by researchers using source code of the Mirai worm to control and inject poorly insecure IoT devices with antibiotic-acting code. Functions of AntibIoTic include the gathering and publishing of data pertaining to vulnerable devices, crowd-sourced contributions, sanitization of infected devices, application of security fixes to vulnerable devices, and more. This article further discusses the insecurity of IoT devices, functions of AntibIoTic, along with the implications of AntibIoTic in relation to ethics and the law.  

Network World reports "This Mirai Malware Vaccine Could Protect Insecure Iot Devices"