Persirai

In May, Trend Micro released details on an IoT botnet called Persirai that targets internet protocol cameras.

According to Trend Micro, the botnet had targeted over 1,000 IP cameras – but more than 120,000 IP cameras were vulnerable to the malware, based on various OEMs.

Persirai takes advantage of open Universal Plug and Play port on IP cameras to infect them, then connect to a command-and-control server to download software. This software is then used to launch distributed-denial-of-service attacks against specific targets.