Episode Details

Global law enforcement agencies dismantled a massive botnet, SocksEscort, which hijacked nearly 370,000 home routers and internet devices across 163 countries. The network was used for various illegal activities, including bank and crypto account theft, fake unemployment claims, ransomware attacks, and more. The botnet, which started in 2009, was tracked by cybersecurity firm Black Lotus Labs and led to the takedown of the main website and all linked routers.

Support the show:
Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn.

Advertise on DNN:
advertise@thednn.ai

This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.
Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai.

View sources & latest updates:
https://sources.thednn.ai/f7a04ce2275e19a4