Google disrupts NetNut proxy network used in malware operations
Google, in collaboration with the FBI and other partners, has disrupted the NetNut residential proxy network used to facilitate cybercrime and malware operations. The action significantly degraded the network's capacity by disabling accounts and seizing domains associated with the Popa botnet.
Why it matters
This operation demonstrates the increasing role of major tech corporations in active cybersecurity enforcement and the dismantling of infrastructure used for global cyberattacks.
Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday it weakened a network of internet-connected devices being used to conceal and route malicious online traffic, acting against the NetNut residential proxy operator and the Popa botnet.
The report relies on official statements from Google and Alarum Technologies, maintaining a neutral tone regarding the enforcement action.
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