A 14-year-old hacker used a new strain of malware this week to brick up to 4,000 insecure Internet of Things (IoT) devices - before abruptly shutting down. The malware, dubbed Silex, was first discovered by Larry Cashdollar, senior Security Intelligence Response engineer at Akamai, on his honeypot. Threatpost discusses the new malware with Cashdollar - and what malware strains like this one and BrickerBot mean for the insecure IoT device landscape.
