A new variant of the Miori botnet uses a unique protocol to communicate with Command and Control infrastructure. The new M.iori variant supports encrypted commands and is allowed to connect to the command server only after sending the specific string. The authors are offering for sale the source code for US$110. The code is similar to typical Mirai variants: infect vulnerable IoT devices and use them as platforms for launching a DDoS attack. The malicious code also supports other additional commands for terminating the attack and for killing its process.”]
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