"⚰️ Mozi Botnet's Mysterious Demise: The Kill Switch Discovery 🕵️♂️"
Researchers at ESET have uncovered the kill switch that led to the abrupt downfall of the Mozi botnet, a notorious threat to IoT devices. The botnet's activity plummeted in August 2023, first in India and then in China, as a result of a control payload delivered via UDP, bypassing the BitTorrent DHT protocol. This strategic takedown raises questions about its orchestrators - the botnet creators themselves or Chinese law enforcement. 🤔💡
Tags: #MoziBotnet #KillSwitch #CyberForensics #IoTSecurity #BotnetTakedown #ESETResearch #CyberSecurity #ThreatIntelligence
Credit: Ivan Bešina, Michal Škuta, Miloš Čermák via WeLiveSecurity
For a detailed analysis of the Mozi botnet's kill switch and its implications, stay tuned to ESET's upcoming publications. Meanwhile, explore the MITRE ATT&CK techniques used:
- Resource Development: Acquiring infrastructure like virtual private servers.
- Initial Access: Exploiting public-facing applications.
- Persistence: Using boot or logon initialization scripts.
- Exfiltration: Sending data over unencrypted protocols.
- Impact: Stopping services and blocking access with iptables.