New GoLang-Based HinataBot Exploiting Router and Server Flaws for DDoS Attacks

A new Golang-based botnet dubbed HinataBot has been observed to leverage known flaws to compromise routers and servers and use them to stage distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
“The malware binaries appear to have been named by the malware author after a character from the popular anime series, Naruto, with file name structures such as ‘Hinata–,'” Akamai said in a