{
  "id": 1470474,
  "title": "Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/evooo1bot-linux-botnet-exploits-known-flaws-to-turn-edge-devices-into",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:29:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/evooo1bot-linux-botnet-exploits-known.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives its core functionality from the Mirai botnet source code and is equipped to turn internet-facing devices into SOCKS proxies. \"While the malware reuses the DDoS engine from the publicly leaked Mirai source code, it extends the original framework with numerous capabilities, including",
  "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."
}