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For many people, being online is part of daily life. Bringing internet connectivity to more people and more communities is still a challenge, as the FCC estimates more than eight million Americans lack access to broadband internet. There is a […]
Executive summary The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen has identified a multi-year campaign targeting end-of-life (EoL) small home/small office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices, associated with an updated version of “TheMoon” malware. TheMoon, which emerged in 2014, has been […]
Imagine a world where you can communicate and collaborate with your customers seamlessly, without any disruptions, delays or hassles. A world where you can leverage the power of the cloud to deliver exceptional customer service and support, while also increasing […]
Executive summary On December 13, 2023, Black Lotus Labs reported our findings on the KV-botnet, a covert data transfer network used by state-sponsored actors based in China to conduct espionage and intelligence activities targeting U.S. critical infrastructure. Around the time […]
The world’s digital potential is reaching a new crescendo that, when unleashed, will benefit all sorts of organizations depending on how they use it. Today, businesses across multiple industries are harnessing the power of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to […]
In 2023, artificial intelligence, or AI, became a household term, sparking curiosity and anxiety amongst people trying to understand its implications. While public fears of deepfakes, inherent biases, job losses and blatant misuse of AI have been well documented, AI […]
For players within the esports industry — an industry valued at more than $1 billion — a winning move can happen in a matter of milliseconds. It’s a competitive edge the BlackStar Group embraces and relies upon when it produces […]
Executive summary The Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies is tracking a small office/home office (SOHO) router botnet that forms a covert data transfer network for advanced threat actors. We are calling this the KV-botnet, based upon artifacts in […]
Executive Summary The Black Lotus Labs team has discovered a highly unique piece of malware designed to compromise the security of the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) functionality in the Linux kernel of container-based operating systems, like CoreOS. eBPF is […]
Executive Summary In March 2023, Lumen Black Lotus Labs reported on a complex campaign called “HiatusRAT” that infected over 100 edge networking devices globally. The campaign leveraged edge routers, or “living on the edge” access, to passively collect traffic and […]
