Owari

First seen
2018-07-01 00:00:00
Malware type
botnet, ddos
Last IoC activity
2026-07-22 01:27:18
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:28:17

Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications

Context

Mirai variant by actor "Anarchy" that used CVE-2017-17215 in July 2018 to compromise 18,000+ devices.

Exploited vulnerabilities

  • CVE-2017-17215 (vulnerability)

Related threat objects

  • Owari (infrastructure)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Owari (report)
  • blog.newskysecurity.com — Understanding The Iot Hacker A Conversation With Owari Sora Iot Botnet Author 117Feff56863 (report)
  • twitter.com — 1019759516789821441 (report)
  • fortinet.com — A Wicked Family Of Bots (report)
  • twitter.com — 1019647993547550720 (report)
  • scmagazine.com — 782395 (report)
  • twitter.com — 1019922651203227653 (report)
  • bleepingcomputer.com — Router Crapfest Malware Author Builds 18 000 Strong Botnet In A Day (report)

External references