"New Variant of Mirai Malware Exploits Weak IoT Device Passwords to Conduct Brute-Force Attacks"

Security researchers at Trend Micro have uncovered a new variant of Mirai malware, called Miori. Miori is delivered through the exploitation of a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability contained by the ThinkPHP programming framework. This article continues to discuss Miori in relation to how it is distributed and what it could allow attackers to do, along with how organizations can defend themselves against malware such as Miori. 

Security Intelligence reports "New Variant of Mirai Malware Exploits Weak IoT Device Passwords to Conduct Brute-Force Attacks"