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The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen has discovered a sophisticated new malware named “KadNap.” This threat primarily targets Asus routers, conscripting them into a botnet that proxies malicious traffic. Since August 2025, we have been monitoring the growth of […]
A profound restructuring of the cloud is underway. It directly impacts the architecture of the internet—and we need to stop burying our heads in the sand and talk about it. This restructuring will cause significant and rapid changes in infrastructure […]
Executive summary The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies has uncovered new infrastructure behind the “SystemBC” botnet, a network composed of over 80 C2s with a daily average of 1,500 victims, nearly 80% of which are compromised VPS systems […]
Note: This research was conducted and is presented as a collaboration between Black Lotus Labs, Team Cymru and other partners. We stand by the assessments in the combined analysis presented in this research. Executive summary DanaBot first emerged in […]
Executive summary Along with the Department of Justice and the Dutch National Police, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs team has tracked a criminal proxy network for over a year as it infected thousands of IOT and end-of-life (EoL) devices, powering a […]
“We applaud Chairman Carr’s leadership in advancing common-sense regulatory reform. Modernizing these outdated rules will allow for greater investment in critical network infrastructure, ensuring a more connected future and strengthening U.S. competitiveness in an increasingly digitally-enabled global marketplace. These steps […]
Updated 6/26/25 Lumen’s 4th OATH CLE Program is entitled, “Tax and M&A” presented by Samuel Hong & Aaron Smalls. The CLE will take place on June 27, 2025, 12:00 to 1:30 PM EST. Use this link to join: https://lawline.zoom.us/j/85792261554 This content […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are all around us these days. Just check your email inbox. AI is likely filtering out junk and spam emails while making suggestions about what entertainment you might want to consume or products […]
Executive summary The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen has been tracking the use of a backdoor attack tailored for use against enterprise-grade Juniper routers. This backdoor is opened by a passive agent that continuously monitors for a “magic packet,” […]
Executive summary Lumen Black Lotus Labs has uncovered a longstanding campaign orchestrated by the Russian-based threat actor known as “Secret Blizzard” (also referred to as Turla). This group has successfully infiltrated 33 separate command-and-control (C2) nodes used by Pakistani-based actor, […]
