Operation IXIM: Preventing a botnet of millions of Popcorn Time users https://labs.eye.security/operation-ixim-preventing-a-botnet-of-millions-of-popcorn-time-users/
Eye ResearchOperation IXIM: Preventing a botnet of millions of Popcorn Time usersOver the past X months, Eye Research has been actively disabling the vulnerable update mechanism used by the popular download client PopCorn Time. This involved executing code on systems running the vulnerable software. This is the story on how we got here and why we took the unprecedented decision of taking matters into our own hands.