Security News > 2023 > June > Mirai botnet targets 22 flaws in D-Link, Zyxel, Netgear devices
A variant of the Mirai botnet is targeting almost two dozen vulnerabilities aiming to take control of D-Link, Arris, Zyxel, TP-Link, Tenda, Netgear, and MediaTek devices to use them for distributed denial-of-service attacks.
In total, the malware targets no less than 22 known seccurity issues in various connected products, which include routers, DVRs, NVRs, WiFi communication dongles, thermal monitoring systems, access control systems, and solar power generation monitors.
Signs of botnet malware infection on an IoT device may include excessive overheating, change of settings/configuration, frequent disconnections, and an overall drop in performance.
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