Midnight Mimosa, a widespread Android malware campaign, is turning inexpensive smartphones into advertising fraud engines and potential residential proxy nodes by embedding malicious apps in device firmware before purchase. Bitdefender observed thousands of infected devices across more than 150 countries over approximately two years, exposing a persistent compromise that ordinary application removal cannot resolve. The […]

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Midnight Mimosa, an Android malware campaign embedded in firmware that monetizes compromised smartphones through advertising fraud and residential proxy services. Disclosed on October 8, the operation affected thousands of devices across more than 150 countries over roughly two years, predominantly inexpensive phones built on MediaTek platforms. Unlike malware requiring a malicious download, Midnight Mimosa arrives […]

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Cling, an IoT botnet that disguises operator commands as Google STUN replies, blending malicious communications into routine NAT traversal traffic. Published October 1, the research documents exploitation of exposed networking devices and a command channel designed to exploit trust in familiar infrastructure. Researchers discovered the malware while investigating increased exploitation of CVE-2021-35394, a remote code […]

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A newly identified Windows botnet dubbed x47.c is marketing a blend of conventional DDoS tooling, credential theft, SOCKS5 proxying, fast-flux command-and-control infrastructure, and an “AI API drain” capability designed to exhaust victims’ paid artificial-intelligence service credits. Qrator Research Labs identified the previously undocumented malware platform during threat hunting. They traced its sale to an operator […]

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