Mirai (malware)
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mirai-malware-184-4092663
title:
Mirai (malware)
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Mirai is malware that turns networked devices running Linux into remotely controlled bots that can be used as part of a botnet in large-scale network attacks. It primarily targets online consumer devices such as IP cameras and home routers. The Mirai botnet was first found in August 2016 by MalwareMustDie, a white hat malware research group, and has been used in some of the largest and most disruptive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, including an attack on 20 September 2016 on compu
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description:
Malware that turns computer systems running Linux into remotely controlled "bots"
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai_(malware)
date created:
2016-10-20T03:26:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T08:00:02Z
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