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IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet

ID: df3ad9b8-1f0b-57d3-94f2-d6c8c9899a6b

STIX ID: report--df3ad9b8-1f0b-57d3-94f2-d6c8c9899a6b

Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-11-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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Microsoft reports that a Chinese-controlled botnet named CovertNetwork-1658 is using thousands of compromised IoT/SOHO devices and rotating IP addresses to conduct low-volume, hard-to-detect password-spraying campaigns, increasing the risk of credential compromise and initial access across multiple sectors and regions.

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