[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$ffowjFvEUNxtptwFMohQlYkfiKYVnRBgCWjt56UAjbOo":3},{"article":4,"iocs":26,"watch_terms":33},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"summary":8,"ai_summary":9,"brief":10,"full_text":10,"url":11,"image_url":12,"published_at":13,"ingested_at":14,"relevance_score":10,"entities":15,"category_id":16,"category":17,"article_tags":20},"ccf18d8b-0513-4aea-8ef6-1d391859a20d","Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet?","who-operates-the-badbox-2-0-botnet","The cybercriminals in control of Kimwolf -- a disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices -- recently shared a screenshot indicating they'd compromised the control panel for Badbox 2.0, a vast China-based botnet powered by malicious software that comes pre-installed on many Android TV streaming boxes. Both the FBI and Google say they are hunting for the people behind Badbox 2.0, and thanks to bragging by the Kimwolf botmasters we may now have a much clearer idea about that.","The Kimwolf botnet operators have claimed to compromise the control panel of Badbox 2.0, a China-based botnet that has infected over 2 million Android TV streaming boxes with pre-installed malware. The FBI and Google are actively investigating the operators behind Badbox 2.0, with new leads emerging from the Kimwolf botmasters' public disclosures about their alleged intrusion into the competing botnet's infrastructure.",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fkrebsonsecurity.com\u002F2026\u002F01\u002Fwho-operates-the-badbox-2-0-botnet\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fkrebsonsecurity.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F01\u002Fbadboxpanel.png","2026-01-26T16:11:38+00:00","2026-03-14T09:41:13.982824+00:00",[],"89f78b1c-3503-45a1-9fc7-e23d2ce1c6d5",{"id":16,"icon":10,"name":18,"slug":19},"Malware","malware",[21],{"category":22},{"id":23,"icon":10,"name":24,"slug":25},"e7b231c8-5f79-4465-8d38-1ef13aea5a14","Threat Intelligence","threat-intelligence",[27,30],{"type":19,"value":28,"context":29},"Kimwolf","Disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices",{"type":19,"value":31,"context":32},"Badbox 2.0","China-based botnet with malware pre-installed on Android TV streaming boxes, control panel compromised by Kimwolf operators",[]]