{"id":7719,"date":"2026-04-08T19:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/new-chaos-variant-targets-misconfigured-cloud-deployments-adds-socks-proxy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:12:13","slug":"new-chaos-variant-targets-misconfigured-cloud-deployments-adds-socks-proxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/new-chaos-variant-targets-misconfigured-cloud-deployments-adds-socks-proxy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Chaos Variant Targets Misconfigured Cloud Deployments, Adds SOCKS Proxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant\u00a0ofmalware\u00a0called Chaosthat&#8217;scapable of\u00a0hitting misconfigured cloud deployments, marking an expansion of the botnet&#8217;s targeting infrastructure.<br \/>\n&#8220;Chaos malware is increasingly targeting misconfigured cloud deployments, expanding beyond its traditional focus on routers and edge devices,&#8221;\u00a0Darktrace said in a new\u00a0report.\u00a0Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant\u00a0ofmalware\u00a0called Chaosthat&#8217;scapable of\u00a0hitting misconfigured cloud deployments, marking an expansion of the botnet&#8217;s targeting infrastructure.<br \/>\n&#8220;Chaos malware is increasingly targeting misconfigured cloud deployments, expanding beyond its traditional focus on routers and edge devices,&#8221;\u00a0Darktrace said in a new\u00a0report.\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant\u00a0ofmalware\u00a0called Chaosthat&#8217;scapable of\u00a0hitting misconfigured cloud deployments, marking an expansion of the botnet&#8217;s targeting infrastructure. &#8220;Chaos malware is increasingly targeting misconfigured cloud deployments, expanding beyond its traditional focus on routers and edge devices,&#8221;\u00a0Darktrace said in a new\u00a0report.\u00a0Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant\u00a0ofmalware\u00a0called Chaosthat&#8217;scapable of\u00a0hitting misconfigured cloud deployments, marking an&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/new-chaos-variant-targets-misconfigured-cloud-deployments-adds-socks-proxy\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Chaos Variant Targets Misconfigured Cloud Deployments, Adds SOCKS Proxy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7720,"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\/7719"}],"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=7719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}