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Modular Mirai Malware Code Strikes AgainNo fewer than two separate Mirai botnets are on the hunt for unpatched servers hosting open source SIEM solution Wazuh, an unusual variation of hackers' typical focus on Internet of Things devices for stringing together infected computers. Akamai dates the first campaign to March, the other to May.
Botnet Looks for Vulnerable Internal Network MachinesDelivering more proof that the Log4Shell vulnerability is endemic, Akamai researchers detected botnet malware updated to use the flaw as an infection vector. Log4Shell burst into public awareness in late 2021 when security researchers identified a flaw in the ubiquitous Apache Log4J 2 Java library.
Financially Motivated Actors Targeting US, EU and LATAM CountriesFinancially motivated Turkish hackers are targeting Microsoft SQL servers in the United States, Europe and Latin America in hacking that ultimately ends with deployment of Mimic ransomware or the sale of access to infected hosts on criminal online markets.