Go-Based LiquorBot Adapts Cryptomining Payload to Infected Host

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A cryptomining botnet has been attacking unpatched routers since at least May 2019. It exploits a small set of critical vulnerabilities and targets multiple CPU architectures.
Named LiquorBot, the malware is written in Golang (Go) a programming language that has a syntax similar to C but presents some advantages, such as memory safety and garbage collection.

12+ versions in less than a year

Researchers at Bitdefender first saw LiquorBot on May 31, 2019, and tracked its evolution to a version discovered on October 10. Between these dates, 11 releases were identified:
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