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The botnet is essentially Mirai, although in this case it was dubbed Murdoc.
Qualys said Murdoc demonstrated enhanced capabilities, exploiting vulnerabilities to compromise devices and establish expansive botnet networks.
Most of the victims are located in Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Mirai is a highly popular botnetmalware.
The creators released the source code online, right before their arrest in 2017.
They pled guilty to using the botnet for DDoS attacks and other schemes.
Some of the vulnerabilities have never been seen before, and dont have CVEs assigned just yet.
Among them are bugs in Neterbit routers, and Vimar smart home devices.
