{
  "id": 12158176,
  "title": "Realtek Jungle SDK Exploit Attempts Deliver Cling Botnet With STUN-Based C2",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/realtek-jungle-sdk-exploit-attempts-deliver-cling-botnet-with-stun",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-05T11:46:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/realtek-jungle-sdk-exploit-attempts.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a now-patched critical security flaw impacting the Realtek Jungle software development kit (SDK) to deploy a botnet malware called Cling. \"Cling is notable not because it introduces a new propagation technique, but because it repurposes ordinary STUN behavior into a practical command-and-control channel,\" Nozomi Networks said in a report",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}