Firmware
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Midnight Mimosa Malware Was Built Into Android Phones Before Their Owners Ever Switched Them On
Thousands of Android phones in more than 150 countries came out of the box already infected. The owners did nothing wrong. The malware sat in the phone’s …

Evooo1Bot Turns Home Routers Into Rented Proxies With a Bug From 2007
A botnet is breaking into home routers with a bug from 2007. Ten known holes, and a list of 150 common logins. Nobody in the house clicked on anything. The …

DNA Carried Malware Into a Computer for 89 Dollars
89 dollars of DNA was enough to take over a computer. The attack sat in the genetic letters themselves, A, T, C and G. Years later, the machines that read them …