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fromThe Hacker News
4 days ago

Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Countries

International law enforcement dismantled SocksEscort, a botnet proxy service that infected 369,000 residential routers across 163 countries to facilitate large-scale fraud schemes.
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fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Law enforcement shuts down botnet made of tens of thousands of hacked routers | TechCrunch

Law enforcement agencies globally shut down SocksEscort, a botnet compromising over 369,000 routers across 163 countries used for financial crimes, ransomware, DDoS attacks, and CSAM distribution.
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fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Law enforcement shuts down botnet made of tens of thousands of hacked routers | TechCrunch

Law enforcement agencies globally shut down SocksEscort, a botnet compromising over 369,000 routers across 163 countries used for financial crimes, ransomware, DDoS attacks, and CSAM distribution.
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fromIT Pro
3 months ago

Europol hails triple takedown with Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium sting operations

"The dismantled malware infrastructure consisted of hundreds of thousands of infected computers containing several million stolen credentials. Many of the victims were not aware of the infection of their systems," Europol said.
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