New Mirai variant adds stealth capabilities to notorious botnet code Malware that adds multiple capabilities to the infamous Mirai botnet code has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities in internet-facing hardware for at least a month, researchers said Thursday. Dubbed Evooo1Bot, the Linux-based malware targets routers and other hardware from Alcatel, D-Link, Mitsubishi Electric, Netgear, Tenda and Telesquare, according to researchers at FortiGuard Labs. Unpatched bugs in those devices allow Evooo1Bot to spread and carry out potential malicious activity, the researchers said. Evooo1Bot appears to be previously undocumented, they said. The report does not specify how many devices have been compromised worldwide, but the company’s telemetry shows activity concentrated in North America,…