Millions of Android Powered TVs and Streaming Devices Infected by Kimwolf Botnet
TL;DR
The Kimwolf botnet has infected over 2 million Android smart TVs and streaming devices since August, using them for DDoS attacks and renting out bandwidth for profit.
Source: HackRead
A massive global network of infected gadgets, Aisuru DDoS Botnet‘s Android variant dubbed Kimwolf, has grown to over 2 million devices since last August, reveals the latest research from the anti-fraud intelligence company Synthient. Reportedly, hackers are hunting for Android-powered smart TVs and cheap streaming boxes to build a botnet (a private army of infected devices) that they can control remotely and launch Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The combined power of these devices has been used to flood and crash major websites with traffic, reaching a record-breaking 29.7 Terabits per second, as per Cloudflare. The primary objective of Kimwolf actors is to make money by renting out their home internet’s bandwidth to others for as low as $0.20 per gigabyte. Full Story