Mirai

Mirai variant MooBot botnet targets multiple D-Link flaws

Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have discovered a Mirai botnet variant dubbed “MooBot” that targets multiple D-Link flaws and exposed networking devices running Linux.

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Cisco releases security update for Critical UPnP vulnerability in small business routers

Cisco has released a security update for a Critical UPnP vulnerability CVE-2021-34730 in Small Business router models, as well as multiple vulnerabilities in other Cisco products.

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Patch these 10 most commonly exploited vulnerabilities

U.S. government cybersecurity experts are providing guidance on the “top 10” most commonly exploited vulnerabilites. The alert helps highlight the importance of patching and prioritizing vulnerabilities with known exploits.

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Yowai and Hakai botnets abuse ThinkPHP vulnerability

Cybercriminals are exploiting a ThinkPHP vulnerability, recently patched in December 2018. The attackers are using exploited systems to then propagate two new botnets – Yowai (variant of Mirai) and Hakai (variant of Gafgyt).

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New Mirai, Gafgyt IoT botnet variants target systems with Apache Struts, SonicWall vulnerability exploits

New variants of IoT botnets Mirai and Gafgyt are increasingly targeting enterprise devices with outdated versions and unpatched vulnerabilities.

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Mirai variant targets IoT devices with 3 new exploits

The FortiGuard Labs team has spotted a new variant of the Mirai botnet dubbed “Wicked” that has added three new exploits to target unpatched Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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