Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets?
In 2023, cybersecurity firm Mandiant reported that botnet operations like Aisuru and Kimwolf infected over 500,000 IoT devices worldwide, generating an estimated $10 million in illicit profits for operators. These sophisticated networks, leveraging vulnerabilities in routers and smart cameras, disrupted services for major enterprises, from e-commerce platforms to financial institutions. For network engineers and IT...