New Eleven11bot botnet infects 86,000 devices for DDoS attacks

A new botnet malware named 'Eleven11bot' has infected over 86,000 IoT devices, primarily security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs), to conduct DDoS attacks. The botnet, which is loosely linked to Iran, has already launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting telecommunication service providers and online gaming servers. Eleven11bot was discovered by Nokia researchers who shared the details with the threat monitoring platform GreyNoise. Nokia's security researcher, Jérôme Meyer, commented that Eleven11bot is one of the largest DDoS botnets they have observed in recent years. "Primarily composed of compromised webcams and Network Video Recorders (NVRs), this botnet has rapidly grown to exceed 30,000 devices," stated Meyer on LinkedIn. "Its size is exceptional among non-state actor botnets, making it one of the largest known DDoS botnet campaigns observed since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022." Earlier today, threat monitoring platform The Shado ... Read full article.