Firstly, we extend our thanks to Chris Fearnley and Gi7w0rm, two threat researchers who assisted us behind the scenes with our investigation into the 7777 (“Quad7”) botnet. Their insights were instrumental in confirming the findings mentioned in this blog post.A “7777 botnet” was first referenced in public reporting in October 2023 by Gi7w0rm. At the time, it was described as a botnet with approximately 10,000 nodes, observed primarily in brute-force attacks against Microsoft Azure instances. Th