International police operation dismantles SocGholish botnet linked to Russia's Evil Corp hacker group
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An international law enforcement operation dismantled major parts of the SocGholish botnet linked to the Russian hacker group Evil Corp. Authorities seized domains, took down over 100 servers, and disinfected nearly 15,000 compromised websites. The campaign targeted fake update infections spread through legitimate sites and disrupted an initial access platform used to support ransomware and espionage activities.
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The campaign targeted fake update infections spread through legitimate sites and disrupted an initial access platform used to support ransomware and espionage activity.
Authorities took down more than 100 servers used by the SocGholish botnet.
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