Experts Uncover New XorDDoS Controller, Infrastructure as Malware Expands to Docker, Linux, IoT
Given that the United States was the victim of 71.3 percent of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) assaults between November 2023 and February 2025, cybersecurity researchers are cautioning about the ongoing threats posed by the XorDDoS malware.
According to a Thursday investigation by Joey Chen, a researcher at Cisco Talos, the XorDDoS trojan has become much more common between 2020 and 2023.
The XorDDoS trojan's extensive global dispersion and an increase in malicious DNS requests connected to its command-and-control (C2) infrastructure are both contributing factors to this development. The virus has spread to Docker servers, turning compromised systems into bots, in addition to frequently exposed Linux computers.
The United States is home to over 42% of the infected devic...