As it turns out, they’re a real problem, with many of them hosting malware that turns them into a botnet that hosts proxies and advertising fraud tools ... The botnet is mainly used to create fake and ...
Case in point... Here’s how it works ... Here’s the interesting thing. Though this behavior certainly mimics the processes of a botnet or other malware, it’s not actively malicious… at least in terms that would obviously hold up in court ... .
Prometei refers to both the botnet and the malware family used to operate it ... This article focuses on the resurgence of the Linux variant. [...] ... Disclaimer ... (noodl. 124986553) .
KasperskyGlobal Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) researchers have found multiple IoT devices targeted with a new version of the Mirai botnet ... – it turned out to be a Mirai botnet modification.