pls appreciate i wore an aqua colored sweater to talk about aquabot
🚨Active exploitation attempt🚨
Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) has identified a new variant of the Mirai-based Aquabot, dubbed Aquabotv3 keeping in line with the naming conventions of the first two.
it is using CVE-2024-41710, a command injection vulnerability that affects Mitel SIP models. There was a POC made public in august 2024 but this is the first time it's been seen actively seeking exploitation ITW.
not only that! This malware exhibits a behavior we have never before seen with a Mirai variant: a function (report_kill) to report back to the C2 when a kill signal was caught on the infected device.
We (we = the SIRT) have not seen any response from the C2 as of the date this was originally posted (Jan. 28, 2024).
Incredible work Larry Cashdollar and Kyle Lefton 🎉
Full technical analysis including IOCs:
https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/2025-january-new-aquabot-mirai-variant-exploiting-mitel-phones
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