The Hacker News August 17, 2026

Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies

Evooo1Bot exploits known flaws to infect Linux edge devices, then adds SOCKS5 proxying, SSH brute force, credential theft, and DDoS.

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