<ul><li>Operation Moonlander dismantled a 20-year botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services and arrested four suspects.</li><li>U.S. Justice Department charged Russian and Kazakhstani nationals for maintaining, operating, and profiting from Anyproxy and 5socks services.</li><li>The botnet operators enabled cryptocurrency payments and targeted IOT and SOHO devices for malicious activities like ad fraud, DDoS attacks, and brute force attacks.</li><li>FBI released a FLASH alert warning about 5Socks and Anyproxy malicious services targeting end-of-life routers and urged replacing compromised routers or preventing infection by disabling remote admin and rebooting.</li></ul>

Operation Moonlander dismantled the botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services

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