Chaos Iot Malware Taps Go Language To Harvest Windows Linux For Ddos Attacks
The malware, which was written in Go – Google’s popular cloud and systems programming language – targets Windows and Linux operating systems, and supports multiple chip architectures that allow it to reside on routers, IoT devices, smartphones, and enterprise servers. These include x86, x86-64, AMD64, MIPS, MIPS64, ARMv5-ARMv8, AArch64 and PowerPC, according to Black Lotus Labs, the cybersecurity unit of US internet infrastructure firm Lumen. Chaos exploits known but unpatched vulnerabilities in firewall devices to gain a foothold in a network....