KadNap DHT Botnet Turns 14k Edge Devices into Stealth Proxies; ClipXDaemon Hijacks Linux Wallet Addresses
Security researchers uncovered KadNap, a new malware targeting Asus routers and other edge devices that forms a decentralized, Kademlia DHT–based proxy botnet with over 14,000 infected hosts (majority in the U.S.). It uses a shell script downloaded from a C2 at 212.104.141.140 to install persistence, fetch a kad ELF, and join a peer-to-peer network that hides C2 traffic and feeds a Doppelgänger proxy service; the operators tier targets, close SSH (port 22), and collect host time and uptime to build peer hashes for network coordination. The same report also details ClipXDaemon, a memory-only Linux clipboard hijacker that replaces copied cryptocurrency wallet addresses in real time for multiple coins, with no C2 or beaconing and designed to avoid Wayland sessions.
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