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IPStrom Takedown Russian Mastermind Pleads Guilty

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On Tuesday, November 14th, 2023, the United States (US) government initiated the IPStrom takedown, Russian mastermind pled guilty to being the brains behind the operation. The IPStrom malware network was taken down ...
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FBI Shuts Down IPStorm Botnet as Its Operator Pleads Guilty

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The notorious IPStorm botnet proxy network, which first spun up in 2019 targeting Windows systems and two years later expanded to devices running other operating systems, is shut down and its creator ...
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Interplanetary Storm Botnet Shows Signs of Anonymization-Purpose Proxy-for-Hire Infrastructure

Interplanetary Storm Botnet Shows Signs of Anonymization-Purpose Proxy-for-Hire Infrastructure

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While botnets have been used for anything from performing Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to stealing data and even sending spam, Bitdefender researchers have found signs that the Interplanetary Storm botnet could be ...
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