New Evooo1Bot Linux botnet turns routers into traffic relay nodes

BleepingComputer by Bill Toulas 15 August 2026, 17:14 EEST Security Networking Systems

A new Mirai-based modular Linux botnet malware called Evooo1Bot has been targeting internet-facing gateway devices, turning them into SOCKS5 traffic relay nodes.

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