Cybersecurity Alert as PolarEdge Botnet Hijacks 25,000 IoT Systems Globally

Researchers at Censys have found that PolarEdge is rapidly expanding throughout the world, in an alarming sign that connected technology is becoming increasingly weaponised. PolarEdge is an advanced botnet orchestrating large-scale attacks against Internet of Things (IoT) and edge devices all over the world, a threat that has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. 

When the malicious network was first discovered in mid-2023, only around 150 confirmed infections were identified. Since then, the network has grown into an extensive digital threat, compromising nearly 40,000 devices worldwide by August 2025. Analysts have pointed out that PolarEdge’s architecture is very similar to Operational Relay Box (ORB) infrastructures, which are covert systems commonly used to facilitate espionage, fraud, and cybercrime. 

PolarEdge has grown at a rapid rate in recent years, and this highlights the fact that undersecured IoT environments are becoming increasingly exploited, placing them among the most rapidly expanding and dangerous botnet campaigns in recent years. PolarEdge has helped shed light on the rapidly evolving nature of cyber threats affecting the hyperconnected world of today. 

PolarEdge, a carefully crafted campaign that demonstrates how compromised Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems can be turned into powerful weapons of cyber warfare, emerged as

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