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New Chaos Variant Targets Misconfigured Cloud Deployments, Adds SOCKS Proxy
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Published 2026-04-08 09:34 UTCUpdated 2026-04-08 17:51 UTC
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Overview
Chaos, Go-based malware first documented by Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, has historically targeted routers and edge devices. A new variant observed in March 2026 shows the malware operating against misconfigured Linux cloud servers, a category of infrastructure the botnet had not previously prioritized.
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New Chaos Variant Targets Misconfigured Cloud Deployments, Adds SOCKS Proxy
The Hacker News · thehackernews.com · 2026-04-08 17:51 UTC
Chaos malware expands from routers to Linux cloud servers
Help Net Security · helpnetsecurity.com · 2026-04-08 09:34 UTC
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