๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐: ๐ญ,๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Over a three-month window, we mapped more than 1,350 active C2 servers operating across 98 infrastructure providers in 14 Middle Eastern countries, covering telecoms, shared hosting, and VPS environments.
๐ Read the full report:
hunt.io/blog/middle-east-malโฆ
Here's what the data shows:
โ A single telecom carrier accounts for nearly 72% of all detected regional C2 activity, most of it tied to compromised customer endpoints rather than provider-level abuse
โ C2 infrastructure makes up over 96% of all observed malicious artifacts in the region
โ Tactical RMM leads the malware family breakdown with 92 unique C2 IPs, followed by Keitaro TDS (71) and Acunetix (38)
โ The malware mix covers a wide range of attack types - IoT botnets (Mozi, Hajime, Mirai), remote access tools (AsyncRAT, Sliver, Cobalt Strike), active scanning (Acunetix), and phishing infrastructure (Gophish, Keitaro TDS)
โ Campaigns in the dataset include Eagle Werewolf espionage operations, the DYNOWIPER destructive campaign targeting Poland's energy sector, and RondoDox botnet exploitation infrastructure on Iranian hosting
The main takeaway is that malicious infrastructure in the region is not evenly spread. A small set of providers keeps showing up across unrelated campaigns and malware families, which is where the tracking value is.
Provider-level visibility is what lets defenders get ahead of that pattern, rather than reacting to individual indicators that rotate daily.
Full breakdown, including infrastructure observables, HuntSQL queries, and campaign examples, is in the report ๐
hunt.io/blog/middle-east-malโฆ