Here comes the Dutch Cyber Police … And It’s a Bad Day for Botnets

For some reason, the Netherlands seems to be one of the top countries in the world in DDoS Web attacks:

But that could now take a hit, as Dutch police has shutdown a company which controlled IoT botnets, and which used these to create sustained DDoS attacks. This related to a company called KV Solutions BV, and who define themselves as a hosting provider. Law enforcement, though, say that they have been a host site for malware, crypto-mining and botnet control. It is though that KV Solution BV have hosted over 20 different DDoS botnet, and some of these were traced by Bad Packets LLC:

Typically the botnets are created from malware infected IoT devices, such as CCTV cameras, and also on wi-fi routers (including unpatched Netgear and Huawei routers). The most popular infection was the Mirai malware, and its variants (including Fbot and Hakai).

The Dutch police raided the offices of the company on 1 October 2019, and a message soon appeared on…