Since it first wreaked havoc in 2016 by taking down a major DNS provider, Mirai malware has branched out into more than 60 known variants and taken aim at the enterprise.
Devices connected to the cloud could allow Mirai adversaries to gain access to cloud servers, infect a server with additional malware dropped by Mirai, or expose all IoT devices connected to the server to further compromise.
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