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        Threat Report: New 'Ignis Loader' Botnet-as-a-Service is Fueling a Surge in Mirai-Powered DDoS Attacks     By CyberDudeBivash • September 27, 2025 • Threat Intelligence Report   The cybercrime economy is continuing its relentless trend toward specialization. Our research has identified a new, highly active, and efficient **Loader-as-a-Service (LaaS)** platform, which we are tracking as **"Ignis Loader."** This service specializes in the mass compromise of consumer-grade routers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices by exploiting default credentials. The Ignis operators are not conducting the final attacks themselves; instead, they are selling access to their vast botnet to other criminals. We have observed that the primary payloads being deployed via Ignis are new and powerful variants of the notorious Mirai malware, which are then used to launch hyper-volumetric Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. This report provides a te...