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Law enforcement takes down proxy botnets used by criminals

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Law enforcement takes down proxy botnets used by criminals 2025-05-12 at 21:11 By Zeljka Zorz US and Dutch law enforcement, with the help of Lumen researchers, have disrupted 5socks and Anyproxy, two proxy-for-rent services that were used by criminals for ad fraud and DDoS and brute-force attacks (among other things). The domain seizure notice The […]

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US Announces Botnet Takedown, Charges Against Russian Administrators

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US Announces Botnet Takedown, Charges Against Russian Administrators 2025-05-12 at 11:38 By Eduard Kovacs Anyproxy and 5socks, websites offering proxy services through devices ensnared by a botnet, have been disrupted in a law enforcement operation. The post US Announces Botnet Takedown, Charges Against Russian Administrators appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Apps secretly turning devices into proxy network nodes removed from Google Play

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Apps secretly turning devices into proxy network nodes removed from Google Play 2024-03-26 at 12:16 By Zeljka Zorz Your smartphone might be part of a proxy network, and you might not even know it: all it takes is for you to download apps whose developers have included the functionality and didn’t mention it. If that

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Macs are getting compromised to act as proxy exit nodes

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Macs are getting compromised to act as proxy exit nodes 14/08/2023 at 14:01 By Zeljka Zorz AdLoad, well-known malware that has been targeting systems running macOS for over half a decade, has been observed delivering a new payload that – unbeknown to the owners – enlisted their systems into a residential proxy botnet. According to

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