Mirai, the malware behind the largest DDoS attack on record, has been responsible for smaller attacks that look like newcomers experimenting with the malware in preparation for bigger things, say security researchers at Incapsula. “Likely, these are signs of things to come and we expect to deal with Mirai-powered attacks in the near future,” they say in a blog post. The malware finds vulnerable machines by scanning a broad range of IP addresses until it finds IoT devices with easily guessable passwords. It doesn’t try to hide from forensic analysis, probably because the type of device its on wont have an owner.”]
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