PolarEdge Botnet Infected 25,000+ Devices and 140 C2 Servers Exploiting IoT Vulnerabilities

A sophisticated botnet campaign has compromised more than 25,000 IoT devices across 40 countries while establishing 140 command-and-control servers to facilitate cybercrime operations. The PolarEdge botnet, first disclosed in February 2025, exploits vulnerable IoT and edge devices to construct an Operational Relay Box network that provides infrastructure-as-a-service for advanced persistent threat actors. The malware operates […]

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