Hacker infects 18,000 "script kiddies" with fake malware builder

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-infects-18-000-script-kiddies-with-fake-malware-builder/

The CloudSEK researchers disrupted the botnet by utilizing hard-coded API tokens and a built-in kill switch to uninstall the malware from infected devices.

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xep@fedia.io · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

He's giving them a free lesson.

Comment105@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y

No the script kiddies got infected, thus rendering them hackless normies, and the problem is solved.

Maeve@kbin.earth · 7 pts · 1y

Weeding the wheat from the chaff?

blakenong@lemmings.world · 5 pts · 1y

That’s hilarious.