--- title: Botnet Threat Update January to June 2026 | daily.dev description: Spamhaus H1 2026 botnet threat report shows overall C&C server counts dropped 30% to 14,952. Notably, Sliver surpassed Cobalt Strike as the top botnet C&C tool... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/botnet-threat-update-january-to-june-2026-3kxgfsujh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Botnet Threat Update January to June 2026 | daily.dev og:description: Spamhaus H1 2026 botnet threat report shows overall C&C server counts dropped 30% to 14,952. Notably, Sliver surpassed Cobalt Strike as the top botnet C&C tool... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/botnet-threat-update-january-to-june-2026-3kxgfsujh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3kXgfSuJh.png og:image:alt: Botnet Threat Update January to June 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Botnet Threat Update January to June 2026 **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Spamhaus H1 2026 botnet threat report shows overall C&C server counts dropped 30% to 14,952. Notably, Sliver surpassed Cobalt Strike as the top botnet C&C tool with a 58% increase. Chinese .cn domains used for botnet C&C surged 771%, and India's PDR registrar saw a 901% spike in abused domain registrations. On a positive note, Russian registrar REGRU achieved a 90% reduction in abused registrations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#malware](https://daily.dev/tags/malware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/botnet-threat-update-january-to-june-2026-3kxgfsujh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Botnet Threat Update January to June 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/botnet-threat-update-january-to-june-2026-3kxgfsujh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/botnet-threat-update-january-to-june-2026-3kxgfsujh"},"datePublished":"2026-07-10T14:23:23.120Z","dateModified":"2026-07-10T14:23:48.614Z","description":"Spamhaus H1 2026 botnet threat report shows overall C&C server counts dropped 30% to 14,952. Notably, Sliver surpassed Cobalt Strike as the top botnet C&C tool...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8fe9eeb967de205fd6743e2535f16178?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8fe9eeb967de205fd6743e2535f16178?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Security Boulevard","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Security Boulevard","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/3613c832180040de8d85bb29f74395be","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/botnet-threat-update-january-to-june-2026-3kxgfsujh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"malware","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Security Boulevard","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Botnet Threat Update January to June 2026"}]} ```