Two recently disclosed security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) devices are being exploited to deploy the infamous Mirai botnet. That’s according to findings from Juniper Threat Labs, which said the vulnerabilities CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887 have been leveraged to deliver the botnet payload. While CVE-2023-46805 is an authentication bypass flaw, CVE-2024-21887 is a command injection […]
A new Mirai-based botnet called NoaBot is being used by threat actors as part of a crypto mining campaign since the beginning of 2023. “The capabilities of the new botnet, NoaBot, include a wormable self-spreader and an SSH key backdoor to download and execute additional binaries or spread itself to new victims,” Akamai security researcher […]
An active malware campaign is leveraging two zero-day vulnerabilities with remote code execution (RCE) functionality to rope routers and video recorders into a Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet. “The payload targets routers and network video recorder (NVR) devices with default admin credentials and installs Mirai variants when successful,” Akamai said in an advisory published this […]
Misconfigured and poorly secured Apache Tomcat servers are being targeted as part of a new campaign designed to deliver the Mirai botnet malware and cryptocurrency miners. The findings come courtesy of Aqua, which detected more than 800 attacks against its Tomcat server honeypots over a two-year time period, with 96% of the attacks linked to […]
Researchers from Unit 42 discovered a Mirai version known as IZ1H9 that exploited many vulnerabilities in order to propagate itself. The following vulnerabilities are exploited by the threat actors to attack unprotected Linux servers and networking devices running the operating system: Tenda G103 command injection vulnerability, referred to as CVE-2023-27076LB-Link command injection vulnerability, also known […]
A new variant of the notorious Mirai botnet has been found leveraging several security vulnerabilities to propagate itself to Linux and IoT devices. Observed during the second half of 2022, the new version has been dubbed V3G4 by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, which identified three different campaigns likely conducted by the same threat actor. […]
Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare disclosed this week that it halted a 2.5 Tbps distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack launched by a Mirai botnet. Characterizing it as a “multi-vector attack consisting of UDP and TCP floods,” researcher Omer Yoachimik said the DDoS attack targeted the Minecraft server Wynncraft in Q3 2022. “The entire 2.5 Tbps […]
According to Cloudflare, a Mirai botnet strain launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) campaign that peaked at 2.5 terabytes per second (Tbps), making it the greatest attack it has ever encountered. UDP and TCP floods were used in the attack, which targeted Wynncraft, a Minecraft server. The internet security company said that by containing the attack, […]
A variant of the Mirai botnet known as MooBot is co-opting vulnerable D-Link devices into an army of denial-of-service bots by taking advantage of multiple exploits. “If the devices are compromised, they will be fully controlled by attackers, who could utilize those devices to conduct further attacks such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks,” Palo Alto […]
A threat group that pursues crypto mining and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been linked to a new botnet called Enemybot, which has been discovered enslaving routers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices since last month. “This botnet is mainly derived from Gafgyt‘s source code but has been observed to borrow several modules from Mirai‘s […]
The recently disclosed critical Spring4Shell vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors to execute the Mirai botnet malware, particularly in the Singapore region since the start of April 2022. “The exploitation allows threat actors to download the Mirai sample to the ‘/tmp’ folder and execute them after permission change using ‘chmod,’” Trend Micro researchers […]
Fortinet has recently discovered a malware called Moobot, which was widely distributed through a security vulnerability in a number of Hikvision surveillance or security cameras. Moobot is a variant of the well-known botnet malware Mirai. When a victim device is infected, it turns the device into a member of its botnet army, accepts instructions from […]
The infamous Mirai botnet lets threat actors use compromised devices to carry out large-scale and crippling DDoS attacks. Critical Microsoft Azure vulnerabilities reported and patched earlier this week are actively exploited by threat actors and cybercriminals. Dubbed the OMIGOD flaws; the vulnerabilities were originally discovered by the Wiz Research Team. READ: Microsoft warns of Azure […]
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday revealed details about a new Mirai-inspired botnet called “mirai_ptea” that leverages an undisclosed vulnerability in digital video recorders (DVR) provided by KGUARD to propagate and carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Chinese security firm Netlab 360 pinned the first probe against the flaw on March 23, 2021, before it detected active […]
Kenneth Currin Schuchman, who is also known as Nexus Zeta from Vancouver, Canada, is the creator of deadly Mirai and Qbot-based botnet, has sentenced to 13 months in prison for hiring and promoting the Mirai and Qbot-based DDoS botnets utilized in DDoS attacks against targets from all over the world. Rather than Mirai, Kenneth Currin […]
Researchers discovered new Mirai Malware samples with the updated functions, in which malware authors implemented its Command & Control server in the Tor Network for anonymity. Mirai is one of the notorious IoT Malware that targets the IoT devices such as IP cameras and DVRs to take control of those devices by taking advantages of […]
Researchers discovered a new wave of Mirai Variant that used 13 different exploits to attack various router models and other network devices. These exploits are associated with this new Mirai variant capable of launching backdoor and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Mirai malware has strong records of infecting poorly managing IoT devices and performing DDOS attacks […]
Security researchers have uncovered a new variant of the infamous Mirai Internet of Things botnet, this time targeting embedded devices intended for use within business environments in an attempt to gain control over larger bandwidth to carry out devastating DDoS attacks. Although the original creators of Mirai botnet have already been arrested and jailed, variants […]
Mirai malware is a powerful strain that compromises a number of Linux devices and uses those devices to launch a massive distributed denial of service attacks. The new malware variant targets embedded devices such as routers, network storage devices, NVRs, and IP cameras and using numerous exploits against them. According to Unit 42 researchers the […]
Most Destructive IoT malware Mirai now being delivered as Miori and its spreading via dangerous remote code execution exploits. Mirai malware has strong records of infecting poorly managing IoT devices and performing DDOS attacks on various platforms. In order to run the malware on cross-platform, it must be able to run on different architectures without […]
Most Sophisticated Torii Botnet discovered that spreading with more advanced techniques than famous Mirai Botnet but different than Mirai functionality. Malware Authors developed Torii botnet with more stealthy and persistence capabilities unlike other botnets it doesn’t perform attacks such as DDOS or other attacks such take down the connected devices. But this will compromise the victim’s […]