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  • Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets?

    Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets? Our first story of 2026 revealed how a destructive new botnet called Kimwolf has infected more than two million devices by mass-compromising a vast number of unofficial Android TV streaming boxes. Today, we’ll dig through digital clues left behind by the hackers, network operators and services that…

  • The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network

    The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network The story you are reading is a series of scoops nestled inside a far more urgent Internet-wide security advisory. The vulnerability at issue has been exploited for months already, and it’s time for a broader awareness of the threat. The short version is that everything you thought…

  • DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS

    DDoS Botnet Aisuru Blankets US ISPs in Record DDoS The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, new evidence suggests. Experts say the heavy concentration of infected devices at U.S. providers is complicating…