Botnet Targeting Mexicans Taken Down by Owner

A botnet that was being used to target Mexicans has been taken down, apparently by the cyber criminal who set it up, according to TrendMicro. “The botnet appears to have been taken down by the owners themselves,” writes Ranieri Romera, a senior threat researcher with TrendMicro.

“The botnet’s controllers sent out new instructions to all of the active bots,” Romera writes. “One of the effects of this was to…

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