Mirai malware targets IoT devices. After infiltration, it uses them to propagate and create botnets that are then used to launch which types of attack?

A Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack involves intercepting and altering communication between two parties, which is not the primary function of Mirai botnets after their formation.

While Mirai uses default or weak credentials for initial device compromise, its botnets are primarily formed not for launching password attacks against external targets but for overwhelming services with traffic.

A Birthday attack is a type of cryptographic attack that exploits the probability of collisions in hash functions, a concept unrelated to the operational goals of a Mirai botnet.

Mirai malware is specifically designed to exploit insecure Internet of Things (IoT) devices, enrolling them into a large botnet. This botnet is subsequently commanded to flood target servers or networks with an overwhelming volume of traffic, a method characteristic of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, to disrupt their availability.