Tengu, a modern Mirai-based malware family, is targeting poorly secured IoT and embedded Linux devices with fileless execution, encrypted command-and-control communications, and aggressive self-defense features. Security researchers identified Tengu as a distinct threat because it expands on the usual Mirai botnet model. While Mirai variants are commonly used for distributed denial-of-service attacks, Tengu can also […]
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