International police operation disrupts Evil Corp-linked SocGholish botnet, taking down 100+ servers
By
Daryna Antoniuk
Summary
An international law enforcement operation involving authorities from the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, and Germany has disrupted the SocGholish botnet linked to Russia's Evil Corp cybercrime group. The operation took down over 100 servers and disinfected nearly 15,000 hacked websites that were used to spread malware. The botnet infected visitors to legitimate websites, including small businesses like restaurants and auto repair shops, by compromising their sites to distribute malicious software.
Source
bskyInternational police operation disrupts Evil Corp-linked SocGholish botnet, taking down 100+ serverstherecord.mediaKey quotes
· 3 pulledAn international law enforcement operation has disrupted a malware network linked to the Russia-based cybercrime group Evil Corp, taking down more than 100 servers and disinfecting nearly 15,000 hacked websites used to spread malicious software.
Authorities from the Netherlands, Canada, the United States and Germany said Thursday they dismantled key parts of the SocGholish botnet by seizing domain names and shutting down servers used to infect visitors to legitimate websites.
Dutch police said they also removed m
You might also wanna read
How I accidentally caused law enforcement to shut down their own fake DDoS booter honeypot
The author recounts how they accidentally stumbled upon a fake DDoS-for-hire website ("booter" service) that was actually a honeypot operate
European Police Dismantle Cybercrime Network That Created 49 Million Fake Accounts
European law enforcement agencies, in collaboration with Europol and the Shadowserver Foundation, have dismantled a major cybercrime-as-a-se
itnews.com.au·7mo ago
Aisuru Botnet Leverages US IoT Devices for Record DDoS Attacks
The Aisuru botnet, the world's largest and most disruptive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) network, is now primarily powered by comprom
Dutch Police Arrest Hosting Company Owners for Enabling Russian Cyberattacks on EU
Dutch authorities arrested the co-owners of two hosting companies for operating IT infrastructure used by Russian intelligence agencies to c
Dutch Police Arrest Hosting Company Owners for Enabling Russian Cyberattacks on EU
Dutch authorities arrested the co-owners of two hosting companies for operating IT infrastructure used by Russian intelligence agencies to c
Belgian Police exposed using botnets to manipulate EU data law impact assessment
Kimwolf IoT Botnet Infects 2+ Million Devices, Targets Corporate and Government Networks
A new IoT botnet called Kimwolf has infected over 2 million devices, primarily targeting corporate and government networks. The malware forc