The Mozi botnet, a peer-2-peer (P2P) malware known for taking over Netgear, D-Link and Huawei routers, has swollen in size to account for 90 percent of observed traffic flowing to and from all internet of things (IoT) devices. IBM X-Force noticed the spike amid a huge increase in overall IoT botnet activity. The continued growth of IoT usage and poor configuration protocols are the likely culprits behind this jump, according to IBM.
Source: https://threatpost.com/mozi-botnet-majority-iot-traffic/159337/