Tag

Residential Proxies

All articles tagged with #residential proxies

Free Movie Device Turns Your Home Network Into a Botnet
cybersecurity1 month ago

Free Movie Device Turns Your Home Network Into a Botnet

Security researchers warn that streaming devices like the SuperBox S7 Pro can be hijacked to form residential proxy networks, letting attackers route illicit traffic through home connections. Malicious apps can be remotely installed with root access, the Android ADB port exposed and unprotected, bypassing protections and turning devices into nodes for botnets or DDoS networks; the problem is widespread, and users are urged to disconnect and discard such devices.

technology2 months ago

LG Blocks Smart TV Apps That Turn Televisions Into Residential Proxies

LG Electronics USA will suspend any webOS apps that make TVs act as residential proxy nodes after Spur’s study found many LG (and Samsung) smart-TV apps embed proxy SDKs; the company is asking developers to remove the feature and will suspend noncompliant apps as part of a broader effort to keep residential proxies off its platform and improve user privacy, with LG’s review of apps described as well underway.

KadNap Botnet Converts ASUS Routers into a Global Residential Proxy Network
cybersecurity7 months ago

KadNap Botnet Converts ASUS Routers into a Global Residential Proxy Network

KadNap, a new botnet, hijacks ASUS routers and other edge devices to form a peer-to-peer proxy network for malicious traffic. By August 2025 it controlled about 14,000 devices, using a custom Kademlia DHT to locate C2s, though two fixed nodes connect early to the C2s, aiding takedowns. Infections start by pulling aic.sh from 212.104.141.140, establish persistence via a cron job every 55 minutes, and install an ELF payload kad. KadNap’s DHT design aims to decentralize control, but the two steady nodes undermine this to some extent. The botnet is linked to the Doppelganger proxy service, which rents infected devices as residential proxies for DDoS, credential stuffing, and brute-force campaigns. Lumen has blocked KadNap traffic on its network and will publish IOC to help others disrupt the botnet.