14,000 routers are infected by malware that’s highly resistant to takedowns

Researchers say they have uncovered a takedown-resistant botnet of 14,000 routers and other network devices—primarily made by ...
The Hacker News

KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet

KadNap botnet infects 14,000+ routers using DHT-based P2P control while ClipXDaemon hijacks crypto wallets on Linux X11.
SecurityWeek

174 Vulnerabilities Targeted by RondoDox Botnet

The RondoDox botnet has expanded its exploit list to 174 vulnerabilities, increased its activity, and shifted to more targeted exploitation.
Security Boulevard

How Threat Actors Turned OpenClaw Into a Scraping Botnet

How did OpenClaw become botnet infrastructure so quickly? DataDome analyzes the hijacked AI agents scraping sites at scale ...

Criminals hijack devices to create never-before-seen cyber weapon

Criminals hijack thousands of devices to create never-before-seen cyber weapon - Victims of the KadNap botnet are spread ...
Arabian Post

Global crackdown dismantles SocksEscort proxy botnet

A coordinated international law enforcement operation has dismantled SocksEscort, a large malicious proxy service that ...
VietNamNet

Nearly 6,000 botnet-connected IPs detected in government systems this year

The Authority of Information Security detected nearly 468,000 IP addresses in Vietnam connected to botnets in September 2024, including 18 from government systems. The number of IP addresses in ...