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Echobot

The latest in this long line of Mirai scourges is a new variant named Echobot.

Echobot is a Linux botnet.

Background

Echobot is the most recent addition to the long lineage of Mirai-derived threats. It emerged in mid-May and was first documented by Palo Alto Networks in an early-June report, then again in a mid-June writeup by researchers at Akamai.

At the time Palo Alto Networks first observed it in early June, Echobot wielded exploits for 18 vulnerabilities; a week later, the Akamai report put that count at 26.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-echobot-malware-is-a-smorgasbord-of-vulnerabilities


Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).