The IT security researchers at Level 3 firm and FlashPoint have discovered a malware that is specifically developed to target Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Dubbed Bashlite by researchers; this malware is written in C with the capability to infect IoT devices especially security cameras (surveillance system) and turn them into a DDoS botnet.
If you haven’t heard of Bashlite before that’s because this malware has several other names such as Lizkebab, BASHLITE, Torlus and gafgyt.
Bashlite can brute force a vulnerable device and steal its login credentials and distributes itself on other devices. Researchers further explained that the malware source code was leaked back in 2015 (it has a dozen of variants in 2016) that revealed that its prime target is Linux-based IoT devices. Until now, researchers have found over 1 million devices manufactured by Dahua Technology being infected with Bashlite malware in Brazil, Colombia and Taiwan.
Source: https://www.hackread.com/bashlite-malware-linux-iot-ddos-botnet/
Submitted by: Arnfried Walbrecht
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