"Mirai Hackers Use Golang to Create a Bigger, Badder DDoS Botnet"

Former Mirai hackers have launched a new botnet, HinataBot, which can wreak significantly more damage but requires far fewer resources to operate. Mirai is one of the most notorious botnets in the world. It has been around since the mid-2010s, using Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers and cameras to carry out Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks by bombarding targets with large volumes of traffic. Some of its most significant attacks were against the French technology company OVH, the government of Liberia, and DNS provider Dyn, an attack that affected numerous websites, including Twitter, Reddit, GitHub, and CNN. According to a report published on March 16 by Akamai researchers, HinataBot has only been in development since mid-January. However, initial tests indicate that it is orders of magnitude more powerful than its predecessor, exceeding 3 Tbit/s traffic flows despite this. This article continues to discuss researchers' findings regarding HinataBot and why hackers are choosing Golang.

Dark Reading reports "Mirai Hackers Use Golang to Create a Bigger, Badder DDoS Botnet"