<ul><li>A new botnet named HTTPBot is targeting China’s gaming, tech, and education sectors, as discovered by cybersecurity researchers.</li><li>HTTPBot, a Go-based botnet detected in August 2024, intensified its activities by April 2025, engaging in highly targeted attacks using advanced DDoS tactics.</li><li>The botnet employs various HTTP-based attack methods to conduct precise transactional DDoS attacks on critical interfaces, posing a systemic threat to industries reliant on real-time interaction.</li><li>HTTPBot features 7 built-in DDoS attack methods, evades detection through techniques like Base64 encoding, and specifically targets the Windows platform, making it a significant threat in the cybersecurity landscape.</li></ul>

New botnet HTTPBot targets gaming and tech industries with surgical attacks

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