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| + | 13,cheap air jordans,000 other devices infected with it. < p> | ||
| + | <p> That prompted other researchers to chime in that they too had identified it, variously nicknaming it Reincarna and Zollard?-- which was spotted in Internet-connected devices as far back as 2013. < p> | ||
| + | <p> Then things went quiet: The developer of the virus?didn't do anything bad with the backdoor access, and the other researchers seemed to lose interest. < p> | ||
| + | <p> Now,, though, the Symantec researchers think they've figured out what Linux.Wifatch was up to: It was keeping other viruses out of the devices it had invaded. < p> | ||
| + | <p> That in itself is nothing new: the botnet creators have been known to defend their patch before, fighting off or removing rival malware in order to maintain their botnet's destructive power. < p> | ||
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| + | <p> The difference, according to Symantec researcher Mario Ballano, is that Wifatch seems only to be defending, not attacking. "It appeared like the author was trying to secure infected devices instead of using them for malicious activities," he wrote in a blog post Thursday. < p> | ||
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