Asus routers hijacked to power dangerous cybercrime proxy network – here’s what we know

• New KadNap malware infects 14,000+ routers
• Botnet uses custom Kademlia DHT protocol for resilience
• Proxy network Doppelgänger already active in the wild

A new malware strain has been found assimilating Asus routers into a botnet for malicious proxy traffic.

Security researchers Black Lotus spotted the new network, named KadNap, and warned that in less than a year it has managed to infect more than 14,000 devices, mostly made by Asus.