Hackers Battle For 3 Million Strong Mirai Botnet

Author: Brian Karas, Published on Nov 28, 2016

Mirai-infected devices have become so large and so prevalent that multiple hackers are now fighting each other to control these devices.

This war has both made Mirai wider-spread, but less powerful for any given attack, and may lead hackers to search for new vulnerabilities in cameras and recorders to grow their botnet army.

In this report we look at the latest status of Mirai, and how it is expected to evolve into 2017.

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Comments (11)

Sean Patton

11/28/16 04:26pm

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Brian Karas

IPVM | 11/28/16 05:00pm

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Sean Patton

In reply to Brian Karas | 11/28/16 05:10pm

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Sean Patton | 11/28/16 08:42pm

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Undisclosed #1

11/28/16 05:10pm

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Undisclosed Distributor #2

11/28/16 05:15pm

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Undisclosed #3

11/28/16 06:32pm
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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed #3 | 11/28/16 06:51pm

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Undisclosed #3

In reply to Brian Karas | 11/29/16 04:04pm

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Undisclosed Distributor #2

In reply to Undisclosed #3 | 11/29/16 04:17pm

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Undisclosed End User #4

05/28/17 05:22pm

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