Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel and resilient botnet threat in early 2025, where the Aeternum C2 loader leverages the immutable Polygon blockchain for its command infrastructure. This ...

A newly identified botnet loader is shifting command-and-control (C2) operations onto the Polygon blockchain, eliminating the central servers that authorities and security firms have historically ...

A decision to ban Telegram on home soil may have backfired on the Kremlin. Last week, Russia went on a blocking spree, banning a number of Western apps in an effort to push domestic users towards Max, ...

FSB chief delivers personal attack on Telegram's Durov Company says Russia is crippling it to force shift to state app MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The head of Russia's FSB security service accused ...

MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Foreign intelligence services are able to see messages sent by Russian soldiers using the Telegram messaging app, Russia's minister for digital development Maksud Shadayev ...

Meta Platforms Inc.’s agentic artificial intelligence tool Manus said today it’s going to integrate its platform with popular messaging applications including Telegram, WhatsApp, LINE and Slack. To ...

Amidst the IPIDEA proxy shutdown, IPcook provides a compliant, high-performance alternative for web scraping and social media marketing at unbeatable prices. NEW YORK ...

Apple is rumored to have a next-generation C2 chip coming to iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, shifting away from the Qualcomm 5G modem found in iPhone 17 Pro. Here are three new advantages the ...

Apple's next-generation C2 modem will bring support for 5G satellite connectivity to this year's iPhone 18 Pro models, based on claims made by a Chinese leaker. In a post on Weibo, the account "Fixed ...

Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly ...

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A newly documented Linux botnet named SSHStalker is using the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) operations. The protocol was invented in 1988, and its ...