A new emerging IoT botnet threat leverages compromised smart devices to stage’distributed denial-of-service’attacks. The botnet, named “dark_nexus” by Bitdefender researchers, comprises at least 1,372 bots, acting as a reverse proxy, spanning across various locations in China, South Korea, Thailand, Brazil, and Russia. It’s frequently updated, with over 30 versions released during the period from December 2019 to March 2020 (versions 4.0 to 5.3)
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2020/04/darknexus-iot-ddos-botnet.html