- Jan 24, 2011
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Security researchers have discovered a new IoT worm that appears to share behavior with the more popular Mirai IoT malware, but which is far more sophisticated than the latter.
Because Mirai is the Japanese word for "future," they named this new variation Hajime, the Japanese word for "beginning."
Responsible for Hajime's discovery are Sam Edwards and Ioannis Profetis, security researchers for Rapidity Networks.
Researchers discovered Hajime while searching for Mirai
In a technical report on Hajime's activity released over the weekend, the two explain that they were drawn to investigate Mirai, after they read that its author had released its source code online, for free. The two wanted to study both Mirai and how other hackers that now had access to its source code would end up using it.
To gather intel on the Mirai botnets expected to pop up after the source code's release, they set up honeypot servers all over the world.
On October 5, just three days after Mirai leaked online, the two discovered what appeared to be a Mirai infection, which at a closer look ended up to be something new entirely.
This is how the two discovered Hajime, an IoT worm that spreads the same way as Mirai, but appears to be something new entirely, depsite some shared behavior.
Read more: Hajime IoT Worm Considerably More Sophisticated Than Mirai
Because Mirai is the Japanese word for "future," they named this new variation Hajime, the Japanese word for "beginning."
Responsible for Hajime's discovery are Sam Edwards and Ioannis Profetis, security researchers for Rapidity Networks.
Researchers discovered Hajime while searching for Mirai
In a technical report on Hajime's activity released over the weekend, the two explain that they were drawn to investigate Mirai, after they read that its author had released its source code online, for free. The two wanted to study both Mirai and how other hackers that now had access to its source code would end up using it.
To gather intel on the Mirai botnets expected to pop up after the source code's release, they set up honeypot servers all over the world.
On October 5, just three days after Mirai leaked online, the two discovered what appeared to be a Mirai infection, which at a closer look ended up to be something new entirely.
This is how the two discovered Hajime, an IoT worm that spreads the same way as Mirai, but appears to be something new entirely, depsite some shared behavior.
Read more: Hajime IoT Worm Considerably More Sophisticated Than Mirai
