AISURU
Coverage of AISURU in the Nexus archive.
- Kimwolf DDoS Botnet Operator Arrested in Canada Over DDoS-for-Hire Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of Jacob Butler, a 23-year-old from Ottawa, Canada, for operating the Kimwolf DDoS botnet used in DDoS-for-hire attacks. Butler, also known as Dort, has been charged with developing and operating the botnet, which is believed to be a variant of AISURU.
- Alleged leader of Kimwolf, a sweeping botnet for cybercriminals, arrested in Canada
Jacob Butler, a 23-year-old Canadian man also known as 'Dort', was arrested in Ottawa and faces extradition to the United States for allegedly running Kimwolf, a major DDoS botnet that hijacked over 2 million Android TV devices and launched more than 25,000 attacks. The botnet operation, which was part of a larger coordinated takedown in March involving multiple botnets that compromised three million devices combined, caused millions of dollars in damages and targeted Department of Defense networks.
- Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks
The U.S., Canada, and Germany dismantled four IoT botnets named Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad, which were responsible for numerous DDoS attacks on IoT devices.