Botnet Disruption & Proxy Networks
Botnet Disruption & Proxy Networks
Articles on botnet takedowns, residential proxy network disruptions, and coordinated operations against malicious infrastructure including IoT botnets, compromised device networks, and law enforcement-tech company partnerships.
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FBI and Google Dismantle NetNut: How a 2-Million-Device Proxy Botnet Was Taken Down
A coordinated operation by the FBI, Google Threat Intelligence Group, Lumen Technologies, and Shadowserver has seized hundreds of NetNut domains and disrupted the Popa botnet — a residential proxy network built on at least 2 million compromised Android devices including smart TVs and streaming boxes, used by hundreds of threat actors for cybercrime and espionage.