Masuta
Aliases: PureMasuta
- Malware type
- botnet
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:52:30
Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications
Context
Masuta is a variant of Mirai that targets IoT devices, primarily routers, using dictionary attacks to target weak credentials. PureMasuta is a variant of Masuta that targets the EDB 38722 D-Link HNAP Bug.
Reports & references
- blog.newskysecurity.com — Masuta Satori Creators Second Botnet Weaponizes A New Router Exploit 2Ddc51Cc52A7 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Masuta (report)
- virusbulletin.com — Vb2018 Paper Tracking Mirai Variants (report)
- threatpost.com — 129640 (report)