{"id":7393,"date":"2026-03-10T17:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/kadnap-malware-infects-14000-edge-devices-to-power-stealth-proxy-botnet\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:12:21","slug":"kadnap-malware-infects-14000-edge-devices-to-power-stealth-proxy-botnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/kadnap-malware-infects-14000-edge-devices-to-power-stealth-proxy-botnet\/","title":{"rendered":"KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that&#8217;s primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic.<br \/>\nThe malware, first detected in the wild in August 2025, has expanded to over 14,000 infected devices, with more than 60% of victims located in the U.S., according to the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen. A lesser number of\u00a0Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that&#8217;s primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic.<br \/>\nThe malware, first detected in the wild in August 2025, has expanded to over 14,000 infected devices, with more than 60% of victims located in the U.S., according to the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen. A lesser number of\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that&#8217;s primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic. The malware, first detected in the wild in August 2025, has expanded to over 14,000 infected devices, with more than 60% of victims located in the U.S., according to the Black&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/kadnap-malware-infects-14000-edge-devices-to-power-stealth-proxy-botnet\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}