Google has taken both technical and legal action against the operators of the Glupteba botnet.
Google has begun taking steps to shut down a sophisticated botnet which uses blockchain technology to protect itself and is being used to target Windows devices. For those unfamiliar, a botnet is a network of devices connected to the internet that have been infected with malware that places them under the control of cybercriminals and other bad actors. These infected devices are then used for malicious purposes such as stealing your sensitive information or committing fraud. Following a thorough investigation, Google’s Threat Analysis Group determined that the botnet in question, Glupteba, has already infected one million compromised Windows devices worldwide and is capable of growing at a rate of thousands of new devices per day.
