VERY IMPORTANT

Since Q1 2026, an emerging botnet named Dysphoria has amassed over 200,000 compromised hosts through rapid technical iterations spanning jackskid and fbot variants. The botnet employs sophisticated blockchain-based command and control infrastructure using ENS and SNS domains, combined with a novel architecture that converts victim hosts into relay/proxy nodes. Dysphoria propagates primarily through Telnet/SSH credential brute-forcing and exploitation of IoT vulnerabilities. Its commercial operation offers tiered DDoS attack packages claiming up to 4 Tbps capacity, targeting victims globally across multiple industries. The botnet demonstrates advanced evasion techniques including modified RC4 encryption, UPnP NAT traversal, and dynamic C2 resolution mechanisms. Daily monitoring shows peak activity of 239,000 overseas bots and 1,801 domestic bots, with 740,000 daily C2 requests, confirming sustained high-volume malicious operations.