New Mirai botnet variant has been very busy, researchers say

Researchers have discovered a new variant of the infamous Mirai malware that compromises smart devices and adds them to a botnet. 

Called V3G4, the variant exploits 13 known vulnerabilities, according to research by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. Mirai typically allows for full control of devices, adding them to its network of remotely controlled bots used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Mirai primarily targets online consumer devices such as internet protocol cameras and home routers.

The botnet was first …

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