EnemyBot Puts Enterprises in the Crosshairs With Raft of ‘1-Day’ Bugs

An Internet of Things (IoT) botnet dubbed “EnemyBot” is expanding its front lines to target security vulnerabilities in enterprise services — potentially leading to it being a much more virulent threat than it has been, researchers say.

EnemyBot, which is controlled by a threat actor known as Keksec, is a Linux botnet that emerged on the malware scene in late March. It shares source code with two other well-known botnets, Gafgyt (aka Bashlite) and the mighty Mirai, according to a prior analysis from Fortinet. Like those threats, EnemyBot is used to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Other aspects of the code include smaller elements from Qbot and other malware, and some custom development.

While it began life focusing on adding IoT devices and routers to its…