Level 3 Threat Research has noted an uptick in activity by new IoT botnets that are backed by the Mirai malware, with some attacks enlisting 100,000 individual hijacked devices. A significant number ...

One of the most powerful pieces of malware began with the efforts of three American teens who were motivated by playing “Minecraft” in 2014. Called Mirai, it would go on to crash Germany’s largest ...

The malware behind last month’s massive distributed denial-of-service attack in the U.S. appears to be losing its potency. Ironically, hackers are to blame for diluting its power. The malware known as ...

The IoT-targeted malware has also added new exploits for initial compromise, for Huawei, Realtek and Dasan GPON devices. Several variants of the Gafgyt Linux-based botnet malware family have ...

Mirai activity has nearly doubled between the first quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019. The infamous Mirai internet of things botnet is spiking in growth while changing up its tactics, ...

Security researchers have spotted a new variant of the Mirai IoT malware in the wild targeting two new classes of devices --smart signage TVs and wireless presentation systems. This new strain is ...

The new V3G4 variant of Mirai, which creates botnets for DDoS attacks, exploited 13 different vulnerabilities in three campaigns over a six-month period, Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 team reports. Once ...

A new botnet is targeting routers, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and an array of server architectures. Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what ...

Mirai — a notorious malware that’s been enslaving IoT devices — has competition. A rival piece of programming has been infecting some of the same easy-to-hack internet-of-things products, with a ...

A collection of new Mirai malware samples compiled to run on new processors and architectures have been discovered by Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 in the wild during late February 2019. Unit 42's ...

A 22-year-old Washington man was sentenced to 13 months in prison for renting and developing Mirai and Qbot-based DDoS botnets used in DDoS attacks against targets from all over the world.

Malware that can build botnets out of IoT products has gone on to infect twice as many devices after its source code was publicly released. The total number of IoT devices infected with the Mirai ...