October 10, 2023 By Bill Toulas
A Mirai-based DDoS (distributed denial of service) malware botnet tracked as IZ1H9 has added thirteen new payloads to target Linux-based routers and routers from D-Link, Zyxel, TP-Link, TOTOLINK, and others.
Fortinet researchers report observing a peak in the exploitation rates around the first week of September, reaching tens of thousands of exploitation attempts against vulnerable devices.
IZ1H9 compromises devices to enlist them to its DDoS swarm and then launches DDoS attacks on specified targets, presumably on the order of clients renting its firepower.
