Lumen disrupts AISURU and Kimwolf botnet by blocking over 550 C2 servers

Lumen Black Lotus Labs disrupted the AISURU/Kimwolf botnet infrastructure by null-routing over 550 command-and-control servers tied to large-scale DDoS and proxy abuse operations; the report details the botnets’ capabilities (UDP/TCP/GRE floods, proxy forwarding, reverse shells), scale (millions of infected devices and terabit-scale attacks), infection vectors (vulnerable residential proxies, Android TV boxes), and ongoing mitigation efforts.