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LeeHozer and Moobot Have The Same Attack Maneuvers?


Sharing has become a thing with cyber-criminals and their malware mechanisms. Reportedly, LeetHozer botnet was found to have similar attack tactics as that of the Mootbot malware family. Researchers have reasons to think that the party that created the Moobot also could be the ones who created the LeetHozer.

Per researchers, the LeetHozer botnet has been counting on other kinds of malware for a little bit of sharing here and there. Per sources, it has in the past used the loader and reporter system that the Mirai uses.

Apparently, despite using the same mechanisms as Mirai the LeetHoxer threat was a little different. According to researchers, other Mirai variations too were altered including the encryption procedure, the bot program, and the command and control protocol. The unique "string and downloader" too were revealed to be of the same kind as Mirai.

Per reports, the botnet was noticed when it was found to be manipulating a vulnerability in the “telenet service” of a device. It made use of the default password to get access to the device. Once the device got infected the LeetHozer sent the information of the device to its reporter mechanism which then got to the command and control server and then finally the instructions for the Denial-of-Service attack were received.

The history of various attacks has it that Moobot has been a part of quite a lot of attacks ever since it first surfaced last year. According to researchers, several threat actors have made use of it to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities. It was discovered by the researchers while it was manipulating a zero-day vulnerability in fiber routers, reports mention. It hence is needless to say that one of the major attack tactics of the Moobot is exploiting any zero-day flaw it could get it claws into.

There are numerous ways in which an organization can create a barricade against any such attacks. The cyber and technological security personnel could design a response plan and a contingency plan especially against DDoS attacks, the systems should be backed up at all times, and configuration could be done in a way that as soon as the network is attacked the back-up kicks in. Also, researchers suggest that Artificial Intelligence could prove to be a very lucrative solution for such problems.



source https://www.ehackingnews.com/2020/05/leehozer-and-moobot-have-same-attack.html
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