Have you ever come across an enticing offer for a 100% free VPN, or a chance to earn passive income simply by sharing your unused Internet bandwidth? The moment you click “Accept,” your home Wi-Fi can be quietly transformed into a silent Residential Proxy for global threat actors. To a fraud detection system or a law enforcement subpoena, a cybercriminal operating halfway across the globe suddenly looks identical to an innocent homeowner checking email from their couch. How can network operators identify compromised home devices without violating customer privacy? And with manufacturers abandoning cheap smart hardware long after the sale, can the tech industry self-regulate, or are government security mandates now inevitable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Join us for a conversation with Jason Livingood, Vice President of Technology Policy, Product & Standards at Comcast. A long-standing industry leader who has served on the Internet Architecture Board and the FCC\u2019s Technological Advisory Council, Jason brings three decades of network architecture and tech policy expertise to unpack the defender\u2019s dilemma and the real consequences of hijacked household networks for unsuspecting consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hosted by:<\/strong> Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The views and opinions expressed in this program are our own and may not reflect the views or positions of our employers.<\/p>\n\n
911 S5 Botnet Disrupted and Administrator Arrested<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Inside the FBI Podcast & Notice: The 911 S5 Cyber Threat<\/em>
<\/a>(Official FBI advisory listing the bad VPN apps and advising consumers how to check if their device was turned into a botnet node).<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Evading Residential Proxy Networks: Protecting Your Devices<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>How to tell if a VPN app added your Windows device to a botnet
<\/em><\/a>(Technical breakdown showing how the proxy malware executed silently on Windows devices).<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n