Over 40,000 Older Routers Infected to Hide Criminal Activity Online
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Over 40,000 routers have been infected with TheMoon malware to anonymize criminal online activities through the Faceless service.
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28 apps in the Google Play store enrolled 190,000 devices into the ProxyLib network for anonymizing traffic, related to the removed Oko VPN app.
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Criminals may be moving away from VPNs and Tor to residential proxies as they allow more anonymity.
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Infected devices are mostly older, unsupported models that don't get security updates.
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Users should update devices, restrict UPnP, research apps, and install minimally to avoid getting drafted into these networks.