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

The latest in this long line of Mirai scourges is a new variant named Echobot. Coming to life in mid-May, the malware was first described by Palo Alto Networks in a report published at the start of June, and then again in a report by security researchers from Akamai, in mid-June.

When it was first spotted by Palo Alto Networks researchers in early June, Echobot was using exploits for 18 vulnerabilities. In the Akamai report, a week later, Echobot was at 26.

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


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