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New Mirai Variant Focuses on Turning IoT Devices into Proxy Servers

Mirai OMG is a new variant of the Mirai malware that focuses on infecting IoT and networking equipment with the main purpose of turning these devices into a network of proxy servers used to relay malicious traffic. Fortinet claims this is the first Mirai variant that besides the DDoS function also includes a proxy feature as well. But sources in the infosec community say this may not be 100% true. In theory, it should not be any different from the regular type of traffic that malicious proxy networks have been relaying for years.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-mirai-variant-focuses-on-turning-iot-devices-into-proxy-servers/

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