A ‘kill switch’ deliberately shut down notorious Mozi botnet, researchers say

Researchers have discovered a “kill switch” that supposedly put an end to the infamous Mozi botnet, which exploited vulnerabilities in hundreds of thousands of smart devices. The first indications that something went wrong with Mozi appeared in August when the botnet's activity suddenly dropped in India and China, its largest markets. Researchers at the cybersecurity

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