OTX Threat: Lucide Proxy: Turning Student Web Proxies into DDoS Bots

A sophisticated campaign deployed 148 malicious npm packages disguised as student web proxy applications under brands like Riverbend Tutoring and Northstar Tutoring. Published by accounts terminal3airport and eerikakirk, these packages weaponized visitor browsers into distributed denial-of-service botnets while generating advertising revenue. The applications functioned as working proxies but secr Sectors: Education