TF-1932515
high
📛 Threat Title
Mozi: URL that delivers a malware payload http://223.123.73.173:35250/Mozi.a
Description
Indicator that identifies a malware distribution server (payload delivery). IOC type: URL that delivers a malware payload. Attributed malware: Mozi. Confidence: 75. First seen: 2026-09-25 06:28:09 UTC. Reporter: HoneyLabs. Tags: elf, IoT, Mozi.
Indicators of Compromise (1)
Each indicator is enriched from the IOC database, threat-intel feed corroboration (Threat Hunt) and VirusTotal. Click one to expand.
url
http://223.123.73.173:35250/mozi.a
IOC database
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- url
- Value
http://223.123.73.173:35250/mozi.a- First seen
- Last seen
- Attached to this threat
- Appears in
- 1 threat
- Description
- URL that delivers a malware payload attributed to Mozi
Threat Hunt — feed corroboration
Not present in any configured threat-intel feed.
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References (3)
- External reference ThreatFox IOCs
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ThreatFox IOC page
ThreatFox IOCs
Indicator that identifies a malware distribution server (payload delivery). IOC type: URL that delivers a malware payload. Attributed malware: Mozi. Confidence: 75. First seen: 2026-09-25 06:28:09 UTC. Reporter: HoneyLabs. Tags: elf, IoT, Mozi.
Remediations (10)
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web:davidgodwinpratt.com
Hunt Hypothesis The ThreatFox: Mozi IOCs rule detects potential adversary activity linked to the Mozi malware family through known indicators of compromise, which are commonly used in targeted attacks to establish persistence and exfiltrate data. SOC teams should proactively hunt for these IOCs in Azure Sentinel to identify and mitigate advanced threats before they cause significant damage to ...
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web:davidgodwinpratt.com
Hunt Hypothesis The ThreatFox: Mozi IOCs rule detects potential adversary activity linked to the Mozi malware family by identifying known indicators of compromise associated with its command and control infrastructure. SOC teams should proactively hunt for these IOCs in Azure Sentinel to identify and mitigate advanced persistent threats leveraging Mozi before significant data exfiltration or ...
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web:hunt.io
Discover how the Mozi botnet exploits IoT vulnerabilities, its evolution, targeted sectors, and strategies to protect your devices from this persistent threat.
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web:ismalicious.com
1,182 indicators of compromise attributed to the Mozi malware family — domains, IPs, URLs and file hashes, from abuse.ch feeds.
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web:threatfox.abuse.ch
You are viewing the ThreatFox database entry for url http ://223.123.73.169:35385/ Mozi .m.
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web:threatfox.abuse.ch
You are viewing the ThreatFox database entry for url http ://223.123.71.42:37337/ Mozi .m.
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web:www.huntress.com
Mozi is a nasty piece of work derived from the source code of other IoT malware families like Mirai, Gafgyt, and IoT Reaper. It primarily functions as a P2P botnet, meaning infected devices communicate directly with each other instead of a centralized command-and-control (C2) server.
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web:www.ibm.com
A relatively new player in the threat arena, the Mozi botnet, has spiked among Internet of things (IoT) devices, IBM X-Force has discovered. This malware has been active since late 2019 and has code overlap with Mirai and its variants. Mozi accounted for nearly 90% of the observed IoT network traffic from October 2019 through June 2020. This startling takeover was accompanied by a huge ...
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web:www.microsoft.com
Mozi is a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that uses a BitTorrent-like network to infect IoT devices such as network gateways and digital video records (DVRs). It works by exploiting weak telnet passwords1 and nearly a dozen unpatched IoT vulnerabilities2 and it's been used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, data exfiltration, and command or payload execution.
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web:www.securityscientist.net
Mozi stands out because of its architecture, its resilience, and the mystery surrounding how it finally went dark in 2023. Let's get into it. 1. What is Mozi and why does it matter? Mozi is a peer-to-peer IoT botnet that hijacks poorly secured routers, DVRs, and network-attached devices for DDoS attacks and payload delivery.
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