Owari botnet own-goal takeover
Security researchers recently took over the large Owari botnet after its owner failed to change the command-and-control (C&C) server’s weak default credentials.
Owari is a Mirai botnet variant, designed to exploit Internet of Things (IoT) devices with weak or default passwords. Following the publication of Mirai’s source code numerous variants have been observed, often competing against each other.
Owari scans for known vulnerabilities found…
Link: Weekly Threat Report 8th June 2018
Source: NCSC Reports
