The HNS IoT Botnet features a worm-like mechanism and embeds commands such as data exfiltration, code execution and interference with a devices operation. The Bot was uncovered by Bitdefender Security researchers, they first spotted the bot by Jan. 10 and then it faded up and comes back significantly in more improved form by January 20. The bot is not a persistent one, so a reboot could clean the device. Back in October 2016, Mirai (Japanese for the future), a malware surfaced attacking IoT devices such as IP cameras and home routers turning them into bots”]