Cling Malware Masquerades as Google STUN Traffic to Control Compromised IoT Devices

A newly identified IoT botnet, Cling, disguises its command-and-control communications as legitimate STUN traffic, including packets that appear to originate from Google’s public STUN infrastructure. The technique enables attackers to manage compromised internet-facing devices while blending activity into routine NAT-traversal traffic used by real-time communications platforms. Nozomi Networks Labs discovered the campaign while investigating a […]

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