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Kimwolf

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Kimwolf v7 Android Botnet Makes HTTP/2 DDoS Traffic Look Like Legitimate Browsing

New Kimwolf v7 Android botnet adds HTTP/2 DDoS floods with Chrome fingerprints and takedown-resistant ENS/Tor C2.

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 discovered Kimwolf v7, an evolution of the Kimwolf/AISURU Android and IoT botnet first tracked in February 2026. The new version performs HTTP/2 floods mimicking Chrome browser fingerprints and uses Ethereum Name Service, Tor hidden services, and a local proxy for resilient C2. The botnet targets Android TV boxes via ADB on port 5555 and offloads propagation to an external loader.

The Hacker NewsAug 15, 00:00 UTC · Aug 15, 2026Malware in the wildCVE-2024-36401

Kimwolf botnet rebuilt to survive takedowns, researchers say

Palo Alto Unit 42 reports the Kimwolf/Aisuru botnet now uses HTTP/2 Chrome-impersonation floods and Ethereum blockchain-based command resolution to survive takedowns.

Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 says a new Kimwolf/Aisuru botnet version active since February conducts DDoS floods over HTTP/2 with full Chrome browser fingerprints, making attack traffic hard to distinguish from real users. The malware resolves command servers via the Ethereum Name Service using five shuffled Ethereum endpoints, with a Tor hidden service fallback, so authorities cannot seize a domain or serve a takedown order. The botnet, powered mostly by hijacked Android TV boxes and IoT devices, previously had servers seized and an alleged operator arrested; new C2 infrastructure traces to a single network in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is unclear whether the same developers built the new version.

CyberScoopAug 12, 00:13 UTC · Aug 12, 2026Malware in the wild1

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CVE-2024-364019.8100%
Unauthenticated RCE in OSGeo GeoServer via GeoTools XPath Injection
OSGeo GeoServer ships the GeoTools library, which evaluates feature property names directly as XPath expressions without proper neutralization (CWE-95), so attacker-supplied input is executed as code rather than treated as data. A remote, unauthenticated attacker triggers the flaw by sending specially crafted requests to a GeoServer service, causing the injected expression to be evaluated in the server's context. Successful exploitation results in remote code execution on the host running GeoServer, giving the attacker control over the mapping server and any data or credentials it can reach. Any organization running GeoServer is affected, and the underlying GeoTools flaw also extends to dependent applications such as GeoNetwork, which shipped its own fix for an unauthenticated RCE chain affecting government geoportal backends. The flaw is being actively exploited: it was added to CISA KEV on 2024-07-15, and EPSS assigns a 99.8% probability of exploitation within 30 days.
· OSGeo GeoServer Multiple releases prior to the vendor-patched builds (fixed in the 2.23.x, 2.24.x and 2.25.x maintenance lines; exact fixed releases per the OSGeo advisory: 2.2 · OSGeo GeoNetwork (bundles the vulnerable GeoTools library) KEV PoC ×3large

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malware Kimwolf 2 malware AISURU 1 malware Mirai 1 organization Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 1 organization Unit 42 1 product AISURU 1 product Android TV 1 product Chrome 1 product Kimwolf v7 1 vendor Palo Alto Networks 1 threat actor Aisuru 1 vendor Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 1

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