That’s part of why so many security experts fear the Internet of Things. A security system from cybersecurity firm ##ware can notify users if their internet of things ( IoT ) device is vulnerable to the malware software called Mirai . In October , Mirai was blamed for the distributed denial - of - service attack that caused outages across the internet . The malware works by locating insecure IoT devices and using them as part of a botnet . Imperva ’s software can not , however , fix vulnerabilities in the insecure devices — this has to be done by the devices themselves .
A security system from cybersecurity firm ##ware can notify users if their internet of things ( IoT ) device is vulnerable to the malware software called Mirai . In October , Mirai was blamed for the distributed denial - of - service attack that caused outages across the internet . The malware works by locating insecure IoT devices and using them as part of a botnet . Imperva ’s software can not , however , fix vulnerabilities in the insecure devices — this has to be done by the devices themselves .