How to tell if a VPN app added your Windows device to a botnet
This post will help users find out if their Windows device has been added to the 911 S5 botnet by a malicious VPN application
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‘Operation Endgame’ Hits Malware Delivery Platforms
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 15:19:44 +0000
Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware. Dubbed “the largest ever operation against botnets,” the international effort is being billed as the opening salvo in an ongoing campaign targeting advanced malware “droppers” or “loaders” like IcedID, Smokeloader and Trickbot.
Read moreIs Your Computer Part of ‘The Largest Botnet Ever?’
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 19:21:12 +0000
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today said they arrested the alleged operator of 911 S5, a ten-year-old online anonymity service that was powered by what the director of the FBI called “likely the world’s largest botnet ever.” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars in online fraud and cybercrime.
Read moreTreasury Sanctions Creators of 911 S5 Proxy Botnet
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 20:38:32 +0000
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today unveiled sanctions against three Chinese nationals for allegedly operating 911 S5, an online anonymity service that for many years was the easiest and cheapest way to route one’s Web traffic through malware-infected computers around the globe. KrebsOnSecurity identified one of the three men in a July 2022 investigation into 911 S5, which was massively hacked and then closed ten days later.
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