Tengu Mirai-variant botnet employs persistence mechanism via forced device reboots

The Tengu botnet, a new Mirai derivative, utilizes a persistence mechanism that triggers a system reboot upon the termination of its primary process, complicating remediation efforts. The malware supports a broad range of capabilities including 25 DDoS vectors, SOCKS5 proxying, and secondary payload delivery, indicating a sophisticated evolution in IoT-targeting botnet architecture.