PolarEdge Botnet Targets Cisco, ASUS, QNAP and Synology Devices
Researchers at Sekoia have mapped the internal structure of the PolarEdge botnet, a modular backdoor campaign that consolidates infected networking and NAS devices into a distributed botnet. First described in February 2025, PolarEdge has since been linked to attacks against Cisco, ASUS, QNAP, and Synology hardware; however, the operators’ ultimate