New Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Turns Routers Into Traffic Relay Nodes

New Evooo1Bot Linux botnet turns routers into traffic relay nodes

A new Mirai-based modular Linux botnet malware called Evooo1Bot has been targeting internet-facing gateway devices, turning them into SOCKS5 traffic relay nodes. [...]

The Not So Weekly Daley: How ’bout some dysphoria with a nice shot of dystopia

My best source on Mars appears in my dreams from time to time. He, she or it remains a mystery even after all these years. “His” name looks and sounds something kind of like “@f!?w&=+,” but I might be spelling…

Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives its core functionality from the Mirai botnet source code and is equipped to turn internet-facing devices into SOCKS proxies. "While the malware reuses the DDoS engine from the publicly leaked Mirai source code, it extends the original framework with numerous capabilities, including

Dysphoria Hijacks Routers, Gateways and IP Cameras to Build Massive IoT Botnet

The Dysphoria botnet has expanded into a major Internet of Things threat, with a new Shadowserver Special Report identifying approximately 296,000 compromised devices. The campaign targets exposed routers, gateways, IP cameras and other embedded Linux systems, converting poorly secured equipment into a distributed platform for DDoS attacks and increasingly, residential proxy and relay operations. Dysphoria’s scale is significant because it draws…