The Mirai malware, which creates so-called botnets, has existed for many years and has been used in DDOS attacks against, among others, Minecraft servers, the DNS service Dyn, the internet company OVH and the security blog Krebs on Security. Now it has appeared in a new wave of attacks against routers and connected surveillance cameras from two unnamed Japanese manufacturers, reports Ars Technica.
The attacks have been discovered by security researchers at the content delivery network Akamai and exploits two previously unknown vulnerabilities to log into and take over devices. One shortcoming lies in one or more camera models from a manufacturer, and the other in at least one popular model of router that connects directly to a wall socket and is used, for example, in hotel rooms but also in private homes.
Both manufacturers have been notified and are expected to release updated software in December. Until then, Akamai is not releasing the names of the manufacturers, to reduce the risk of more attacks against the same security flaws.
The new code that exploits the security flaws has many similarities to code discovered in an earlier attack in May against Russian news sites, including several racist slurs that have given the attack its name: Infectedslurs.
2023-11-24 19:01:42
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