A recently developed botnet named Simps has emerged from the cyber-underground to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on gaming targets and others. The newly discovered malware infects IoT devices in tandem with the prolific Gafgyt botnet, using known security vulnerabilities. Simps is part of the toolset used by the Keksec cybercrime group, researchers said. The Simps author maintains a YouTube channel to offer demonstrations of the botnet s functionality.
Source: https://threatpost.com/keksec-simps-botnet-gaming-ddos/166306/