Google, by sharing a statement the other day, declared war against the botnet called ‘Glupteba’, which has taken over more than 1 million computers to date. The company filed a complaint against 17 Russian defendants.
The internet is by no means a completely safe place. Even any link or image you accidentally clicked on all your information and your computer may result in seizure. Among the important tools that are instrumental in doing this are the ‘botnets is located. With this tool, malware can be placed on your device through an infected email or link.
After these attacks that infected your computer with ‘bots’, your computer can be managed remotely is becoming. Hackers, on the other hand, are attempting to gain access to your or someone else’s or a company’s network to other criminals. can rent or sell. While botnet attack is among the biggest dangers of the internet age, an important statement came from Google the other day.
Google has declared war on a botnet
Google, in the statement it shared the other day, has taken over more than a million Windows computers to date and added thousands to its list every day.Announced taking action against botnet named ‘Glupteba’. The blockchain-based botnet, which targets especially the USA, India, Brazil and Southeast Asian countries, gives users a ‘free download software, video and movieIt was transmitted through
Glupteba for hackers when it infects a computer able to mine cryptocurrenciescan capture the user’s user information and cookies, create a proxy server on Windows and IoT devices, and then this proxy server can be sold to other criminals as a residential proxy ‘residential proxy’.
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Google, as part of its botnet intervention, took over the basic command and control infrastructure. The company stated that hackers will want to regain control and will take action, adding that they will do this thanks to the data processed on the Bitcoin blockchain. Apart from this, the company has also taken legal action.
Google named Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov about two Russian defendants and 15 unknown persons a temporary restraining order and filed a complaint. 17 defendants were charged with stealing user accounts and credit card information, selling ad placement and Proxy access on infected devices, and computer fraud, abuse, trademark infringement and similar charges.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-disrupts-massive-glupteba-botnet-sues-russian-operators/