Security News > 2025 > January > Mirai Botnet Variant Exploits Four-Faith Router Vulnerability for DDoS Attacks
2025-01-08 10:29
A Mirai botnet variant has been found exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Four-Faith industrial routers since early November 2024 with the goal of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The botnet maintains approximately 15,000 daily active IP addresses, with the infections primarily scattered across China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the United States.
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