NadMesh Botnet Is Raiding Exposed AI Services for Cloud Keys, and the Numbers Don't Add Up
A Go-based botnet called NadMesh, discovered in early July 2025, systematically scans for exposed AI services (such as ComfyUI, Ollama, and n8n) to steal cloud credentials, Kubernetes tokens, and environment variable secrets, with the operator's own dashboard claiming over 3,800 harvested AWS keys. While the botnet prioritises AI service endpoints and MCP tools, the majority of its observed exploit traffic actually targets more traditional attack surfaces like Docker APIs and Jenkins consoles, with MCP exploitation accounting for less than 1% of recorded attempts. Defenders are urged to place exposed services behind authentication, check systems for persistence artefacts, and immediately revoke — not merely rotate — any credentials that may have been exposed.