Zerobot Malware Now Shooting for Apache Systems

The botnet, written in the Go programming language, is being sold as the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model and spreads through vulnerabilities in IoT devices and web applications, according to the Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence (MSTIC) team in a report released on Wednesday.

Zerobot was first reported on in early December by researchers at Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs, who said the botnet was targeting Linux devices. Like typical botnets, the goal is to compromise internet-connected devices like firewalls, routers, and cameras and pull them into a botnet to launch DDoS attacks.

MSTIC's report this week builds off FortiGuard's initial findings by detailing advancements in the botnet's latest iteration.