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Fake 7-Zip Installers Turn Devices Into Residential Proxy Nodes
Infoblox says Lurking Lizard has used fake installers, mobile apps, and lookalike domains to recruit devices into a proxy botnet.
Summary
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new threat actor dubbed Lurking Lizard that has been operating an end-to-end malicious residential proxy business using an infrastructure comprising more than 230 lookalike domains. The activity dates back to at least August 2022, according to DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox.
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