November 22, 2023 By Bill Toulas
A new Mirai-based malware botnet named 'InfectedSlurs' has been exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities to infect routers and video recorder (NVR) devices.
The malware hijacks the devices to make them part of its DDoS (distributed denial of service) swarm, presumably rented for profit.
The discovery of 'InfectedSlurs' comes from Akamai, who first spotted it on its honeypots in late October 2023. However, the botnet's initial activity dates back to late 2022.
The cybersecurity company reports that the impacted vendors haven't patched the two exploited flaws yet; hence, details about them have been reserved for now.
