Mozi Botnet Disappeared After A Mysterious Use Of Kill Switch

Mozi, a prominent DDoS malware botnet that surfaced in 2019, predominantly attacking IoT devices, lost activity in August. Then, on September 27, 2023, an unidentified entity triggered a kill switch to deactivate all the bots. Mozi exploited device vulnerabilities or weak passwords to recruit them into its peer-to-peer network, using BitTorrent's DHT protocol for communication. Read more...