1. US authorities shut down a major botnet used for launching anonymous cyber-attacks. #botnet #cyberattacks

2. The IPStorm botnet operated from June 2019 to December 2022 and turned compromised devices into proxies. #IPStorm #proxies

3. The alleged administrator, Sergei Makinin, pleaded guilty to fraud charges. #cybercrime #fraud

4. Makinin's websites, proxx.io and proxx.net, allowed cyber-criminals to rent out the botnet proxies. #rental #proxy

5. The FBI urged device owners to stay updated with security patches to prevent their devices from becoming part of a botnet. #securitypatches #deviceowners

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-dismantles-ipstorm-botnet-proxy/