New Dysphoria DDoS botnet spreads to 200k devices worldwide

Dysphoria Botnet Hides 200,000 Infected Devices Behind Ethereum and Solana Domains - BlockTelegraph

A rapidly evolving botnet called Dysphoria has infected roughly 200,000 devices worldwide and adopted blockchain-based domain names to hide its command-and-control infrastructure, making it substantially harder for defenders to disrupt. Researchers at QiAnXin XLab, jointly with China’s national computer emergency response team CNCERT, disclosed the threat in late July 2026 after tracking its aggressive technical evolution since March. Dysphoria’…

IoT Botnet Dysphoria Turns to Blockchain and Hijacked Devices to Dodge Takedown

Security teams thought they had seen every trick in the book for keeping botnets alive. Then came Dysphoria. This Internet of Things operation emerged in the first months of 2026. It quickly scaled to claims of more than 200,000 compromised devices. Chinese researchers at Qi’anxin XLab and CNCERT tracked its every move. Their findings paint a picture of rapid adaptation that outpaces traditional defenses. XLab’s technical report details how the …

New Dysphoria DDoS botnet spreads to 200k devices worldwide

A botnet called Dysphoria has compromised around 200,000 devices across the world and is using them for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and traffic relay operations.

NETSCOUT invests in infrastructure and tech protection

NETSCOUT has announced continued investments in infrastructure and technology to double its Arbor Cloud DDoS attack mitigation capacity to 33 Tbps. According to the company, this is aimed at keeping critical digital services available during DDoS attacks, protecting revenue-generating digital operations, supporting always-on AI-driven businesses and maintaining customer trust.  Acquisition This capacity enhancement, coupled with NETSCOUT’s recen…

AI Tooling Has Been Used in Over 30% of DDoS Attacks in Q2 2026

StormWall, a company that specialises in developing DDoS protection solutions, has released a quarterly report analysing DDoS attacks against its clients worldwide. According to StormWall experts, DDoS attacks grew by 108% year on year in Q2 2026 amid increasing attack complexity and throughput worldwide. One of the most worrying trends observed by StormWall analysts in the second quarter was the global increase in AI-assisted attacks. These att…