Cybersecurity researchers have identified a significant expansion of the JDY botnet, a China-linked covert network that has grown to over 1,500 compromised SOHO and IoT devices. The botnet operates as a centrally controlled scanning infrastructure designed to discover, fingerprint, and continuously map exposed services at scale for cyber reconnaissance purposes.
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a "resurgence and expansion" of JDY, a covert network associated with China-nexus state-sponsored threat actors. "The JDY botnet comprises over 1,500 SOHO [small office and home office] and IoT devices and operates as a centrally controlled, high-performance scanner used to discover, fingerprint, and continuously map exposed services at scale," Lumen's
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