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Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic
UnknownApr 16, 2026(24 days ago)
A new botnet named PowMix is targeting Czech workers using randomized command-and-control traffic to evade network signature detections.
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an active malicious campaign that's targeting the workforce in the Czech Republic with a previously undocumented botnet dubbed PowMix since at least December 2025. "PowMix employs randomized command-and-control (C2) beaconing intervals, rather than persistent connection to the C2 server, to evade the network signature detections," Cisco Talos