Mozi Botnet Accounts for 90% of IoT Traffic – RTInsights
IBM X-Force has detected that the Mozi botnet, a peer-to-peer (P2P) malware, now accounts for 90% of traffic flowing to and from IoT devices. IBM discovered this when it noticed a huge spike in Mozi’s telemetry and overall IoT botnet activity. IoT attacks from October 2019 to June 2020 is 400% higher than it was the previous two years.