Microsoft is turning to a former rival to enhance the security of computers.
President of Microsoft brad Smith said Monday at a security conference RSA in San Francisco that the company will use the software based on the Linux operating system, not the operating system’s own Windows, new security features to protect Internet-connected toys and other consumer devices.
Microsoft still be considered free, open-source Linux as a threat to their intellectual property, but changed his approach in recent years.
Smith says that Microsoft wants to create the best security for tiny microcontrollers are increasingly being used to power a variety of Internet-connected consumer devices. He said that the threat was demonstrated to 2016 “botnet” attack that took large chunks of the network, capturing routers, web cameras and other connected devices.
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