The shutdown operation involved peer list manipulation and Sality payload URL takedown.
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US Disrupts Chinese Hacking Platform Used in Military and Critical Infrastructure Attacks
The operation focused on a group named QTFY, which offers hacking services to the Chinese government and others.
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Surveillance – Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask
We all know they’re watching us. But we don’t know who they are, nor why nor how they are doing it.
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Two Scattered Spider Hackers Sentenced to Jail in UK
Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers were prosecuted over a 2024 cyberattack targeting Transport for London (TfL).
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Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker Extradited to US
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Peter Stokes was a member of Scattered Spider, the hacking group linked to more than 100 network intrusions and over $100 million in ransom payments.
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Google, FBI Disrupt NetNut Residential Proxy Network Powered by Millions of Devices
NetNut rented access to millions of compromised devices, allowing cybercriminals and nation-state actors to mask their identities during attacks.
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Supreme Court Rules Constitutional Privacy Protections Apply to Cellphone Users’ Location History
The ruling was made in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant.
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Algerian Man Extradited to US for Running Cybercrime Marketplaces
26-year-old Abdellah Belmili faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly operating the marketplaces Market0Day and Spoxy.
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15,000 WordPress Websites Cleaned Up in SocGholish Botnet Takedown
Law enforcement and private partners took down 106 SocGholish C&C servers and domains as part of Operation Endgame.
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Over 1.4 Million Accounts Disrupted in Cybercrime Crackdown
Law enforcement and tech companies disrupted infrastructure linked to scammers operating across Southeast Asia.
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