The Register
2 weeks, 1 day ago
NetNut cracked as Google and FBI target 2 million-device botnet
Other residential proxy brands may rely on the same network
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Info Security Magazine
2 weeks, 1 day ago
FBI, Google Take Down NetNut Proxy Network Used by Cyber Threat Actors
The NetNut proxy network and the ‘Popa’ botnet are known to have infected devices with variants of Mirai DDoS botnets
The Hacker News
1 year ago
Google Sues 25 Chinese Entities Over BADBOX 2.0 Botnet Affecting 10M Android Devices
Google on Thursday revealed it's pursuing legal action in New York federal court against 25 unnamed individuals or entities in China for allegedly operating BADBOX 2.0 botnet and residential proxy infrastructure
Krebs on Security
4 years ago
The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet
On December 7, 2021, Google announced it had sued two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past decade. That same day, AWM Proxy -- a 14-year-old anonymity service that rents hacked PCs to cybercriminals -- suddenly went offline. Security experts had long seen a link between Glupteba and AWM Proxy, but new research shows AWM Proxy's founder is one of the men being sued by Google.