Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new botnet malware family called Gorilla (aka GorillaBot), which is based on the leaked Mirai botnet source code. Discovered by NSFOCUS in September 2024, the botnet has launched over 300,000 attack commands between September 4 and September 27, 2024.
DDoS Attack Command Surge
On average, the botnet issues 20,000 daily commands for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, with more than 100 countries being targeted, including China, the U.S., Canada, and Germany. The attacks have hit universities, government websites, telecoms, banks, and gaming platforms.
Figure 1 Attack commands