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14,000 Routers Hit by Takedown-Resistant KadNap Botnet
A peer-to-peer botnet dubbed KadNap has infected 14,000 routers, mostly Asus devices in the US, using a Kademlia-based design that resists shutdowns.
Key Takeaways
- 14,000 routers infected, up from 10,000 last August, mostly Asus devices in the US
- Uses Kademlia distributed hash table to eliminate central command server
- Compromised routers sold as residential proxy network for cybercriminal operations
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