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Global takedown hits network behind 1 billion phishing messages

Oct 14, 2026 // 16:37

A massive cybercriminal ecosystem facilitating more than a billion malicious messages targeting over 75,000 organizations across 150 countries has been disrupted by law enforcement agencies […]

Sality botnet infrastructure dismantled in joint global takedown

Sep 2, 2026 // 11:37

International law enforcement agencies and private partners have seized Sality malware infrastructure in a joint action aiming to disrupt and take down the peer-to-peer (P2P) […]

DeadLock ransomware uses blockchain to resist infrastructure takedown

Aug 12, 2026 // 01:17

The DeadLock ransomware operation is using a decentralized infrastructure that relies on blockchain-backed services to protect its communication with victims and data-leak activity. The threat […]

Glassworm botnet disrupted after resilient C2 infrastructure takedown

May 27, 2026 // 16:37

The Glassworm botnet targeting developers in software supply-chain attacks has been disrupted after researchers took down its resilient command-and-control infrastructure relying on Solana blockchain transactions […]

GlassWorm Malware Takedown Disrupts Developer Supply Chain Attack Infrastructure

May 27, 2026 // 14:58

CrowdStrike, in partnership with Google and the Shadowserver Foundation, has announced the simultaneous disruption of all command-and-control (C2) channels associated with GlassWorm, a persistent software […]

First VPN Dismantled in Global Takedown Over Use by 25 Ransomware Groups

May 22, 2026 // 20:38

Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network (VPN) service used by criminal actors to obscure the […]

FBI takedown of W3LL phishing service leads to developer arrest

Apr 14, 2026 // 00:17

The FBI Atlanta Field Office and Indonesian authorities have dismantled the “W3LL” global phishing platform, seizing infrastructure and arresting the alleged developer in what is […]

New Aeternum Malware Uses Smart Contracts on Polygon to Resist Takedown Efforts

Feb 26, 2026 // 23:16

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new botnet loader called Aeternum C2 that leverages the Polygon blockchain to store encrypted command-and-control (C2) instructions. This technique, documented by Qrator Labs and Outpost24’s KrakenLabs, makes […]