A new Rust DDoS Botnet family has been added to the Rust Malware Sample Gallery: https://github.com/decoderloop/rust-malware-gallery#unnamed-rust-ddos-botnet
This malware family is currently unnamed, but was analyzed in this 2025-11-30 article by Beelzebub: https://beelzebub.ai/blog/rust-ddos-botnet-honeypot-c2-decoding/
(h/t to Dave (npub176z…wfz2) ; I learned about the Beelzebub article from his link to it, in his article about setting up a honeypot: https://0dave.ch/posts/flying-whales-in-a-pot-of-honey/)
#rust #rustlang #malware #infosec #ReverseEngineering #MalwareAnalysis #reversing #botnet
Decoder Loop
npub1pt…rj2cp
2026-01-08 15:00:01 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…9jvt
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2026-01-08 15:00:01 UTCEvent JSON
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