Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the Kimwolf/AISURU Android and Internet of Things (IoT) botnet that comes with significant improvements to improve its operational resilience and conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

The new version, tracked as Kimwolf v7, was discovered by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 in February 2026.

“Kimwolf v7 adds an HTTP/2-based