Faulty botnet malware can be disabled
Akamai researchers have investigated a crypto-mining botnet using its KmsdBot malware. The researchers accidentally caused the botnet to crash in a protected environment. Since the malware was programmed incorrectly, a command missing a space was enough to crash the botnet. Earlier this month, Akamai Security Research published a blog post about KmsdBot, a cryptomining botnet that infects victims via SSH and weak credentials. After the malware infected an Akamai honeypot, the botnet was immediately analyzed and reported on in a post. Botnet crash due to missing space The experts…