New Mirai malware variant infects Linux devices to build DDoS botnet
Bleeping Computer – Bill Toulas
Researchers from Palo Alto Networksâ Unit 42 have noticed a brand new variant of the notorious Mirai botnet, spreading to Linux-based servers and IoT units with a purpose to create an unlimited swarm of DDoS (opens in new tab) grunts.

In an effort to infect the endpoints with the brand new V3G4 botnet, the attackers would brute-force weak, or default telnet/SSH credentials, after which abuse one of many 13 recognized vulnerabilities to remotely execute code and set up the malware.

The botnet comes with a variety of attention-grabbing options, together with one wherein it tries to terminate, amongst different processes, these belonging to different botnet households. So, itâs protected to imagine that the risk actors are attempting to hijack already compromised endpoints from different risk actors.
Link: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-mirai-malware-variant-infects-linux-devices-to-build-ddos-botnet/