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Cybersecurity2 min readMay 16, 2026

Russian hackers turn Kazuar backdoor into modular P2P botnet

Russian threat actors have enhanced the Kazuar backdoor into a peer-to-peer botnet with modular capabilities designed for long-term persistence and stealth, making it significantly harder to detect and remove than traditional centralized malware. Organiza

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