Hacking to make Systems Secure.

             Hacking refers to make a computer do something that it is not intended to perform. Hacking can be done for good deeds by good people also for ethical purpose. Recently there has been a news that a malware hacks nearly 10000 devices to make them more secure.

              This may sound crazy but it happens, Security Researchers at Symantec discovered a new malware and it targets systems and they are dubbed as #Linux.Wifatch or #Ifwatch. 

              This malware infected more than 10000 Internet of Things devices and it is still spreading quickly at a rapid rate. The malware once implanted will not download any threat or any payload as like any other malwares.

              Instead it will scan the devices or the system for any traces of similar families of malwares and then if any of such malware kind has been detected then it will display a message to the user about the threat posed and the remedy for that.

             For example if the password of the account is not that much secure then the malware will display the user that he / she can change the password for their account and also the indications such as disable the telnet port or services.

              The malware code has been developed in Perl programming language and the best ways to remove this malware can be done by 

Resetting the Router
Changing the default password in use
Maintain the updated Firmware.

             These kind of malwares can be avoided by implementing the following steps

Turn Firewall setting to ON.
Change the Default passwords.
Change the Default SSID
Never Broadcast the Network Name.
Use MAC Filter to avoid malicious users.

P.S : The post is to create awareness and not to be misused.