From thehackernews.com
A variant of the Mirai botnet called Beastmode has been observed adopting newly disclosed vulnerabilities in TOTOLINK routers between February and March 2022 to infect unpatched devices and expand its reach potentially.
“The Beastmode (aka B3astmode) Mirai-based DDoS campaign has aggressively updated its arsenal of exploits,” Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs Research team said. “Five new exploits were added within a month, with three targeting various models of TOTOLINK routers.”