CloudSEK uncovered that the Androxgh0st botnet compromised a University of California, San Diego subdomain to host its C2 logger. Active since 2023, the botnet exploits vulnerabilities in Apache Shiro, Spring4Shell, WordPress, IoT devices, and more for remote code execution and cryptomining. Webshells were also deployed for persistence.
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Authors : Koushik Pal
Article Link: Androxgh0st Continues Exploitation: Operators Compromise a US University For Hosting C2 Logger | CloudSEK