LiquorBot Botnet
LiquorBot is a newly observed Golang-based botnet, whose sole purpose appears to be mining Monero cryptocurrency.
Summary
LiquorBot is a newly observed Golang-based botnet, whose sole purpose appears to be mining Monero cryptocurrency.
Affected platforms
The following platforms are known to be affected:
- IoT devices
Threat details
Like most other Mirai-based malware, LiquorBot scans the Internet for vulnerable Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices before using known exploits or a list of hard-coded credentials to gain access to them.
Once installed, LiquorBot connects to several different command and control servers to download any intended payloads, before deploying a mining module.
Remediation steps
Indicators of compromise
Last edited: 29 June 2021 12:00 pm