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Chinese Hackers Failed To Defeat FBI Botnet Takedown

FBI disrupts Chinese 'state-sponsored' hackers 'Flax Typhoon', who tried to resist takedown of 260,000-device botnet

2 months ago

Law Enforcement Seizes LockBit Ransomware Infrastructure

Law enforcement agencies including UK NCA and FBI take down thousands of sites belonging to prolific LockBit ransomware hackers

9 months ago

FBI Leads Takedown Of Qakbot Malware Infecting 700,000 Computers

International takedown. US, UK and European law enforcement takes down infrastructure of the Qakbot malware

1 year ago

Genesis Market Takedown Sees 120 Suspects Arrested

Largest online marketplace selling stolen credentials to criminals worldwide has been taken down in international operation

2 years ago

US Seizes Servers Of Prolific Ransomware Gang Hive

FBI has hacked the hackers, after it “covertly infiltrated Hive Network, thwarting over $130m in ransom demands”

2 years ago

Twitter Seeks Judicial Review Of Indian Takedown Order

Clash continues, Twitter court challenge against Indian government order to remove certain content it deems to be against the law

2 years ago

REvil Gang Websites Go Dark After Attacks

Websites for the criminal ransomware hackers linked to Russia suddenly disappeared on Tuesday, prompting takedown speculation

3 years ago

Emotet Botnet Offline After Global Takedown By Police

Good news. One of the world's most dangerous botnets, Emotet, has been taken down in a co-ordinated police operation around…

4 years ago

Microsoft Takes Down Trickbot Hacking Operation

Another takedown from Microsoft sees it disrupt key Trickbot servers, which it said could have indirectly impact US election infrastructure

4 years ago

Facebook Shuts Down Russian Military Intelligence Operations

Social networking giant takes down 'co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour' connected to Russian military intelligence services

4 years ago

Facebook Dismantles Russian Influence Operation After FBI Tip

Russian meddling in the United States has been detected again and dismantled, after Facebook receives tip off from the FBI

4 years ago

‘BlueLeaks’ Hacked US Police Data Removed In German Takedown

Zwickau public prosecutor confiscates server used to distribute hundreds of gigabytes of data hacked from police forces across the US

4 years ago

Coronavirus: NCSC Takedown Of Hundreds Of Scam Covid-19 Shops

UK cyber defender NCSC takes down 2,000 Coronavirus scams last month - launches ‘cyber aware’ campaign to mitigate threats

5 years ago

Microsoft And Others Takedown Botnet Necurs

One of the world's largest botnets that was responsible for multiple scams and infected over nine million computers, has been…

5 years ago

Microsoft Takes Control Of ‘Thallium’ Hacking Domains

Cyber win. Web domains used by North Korean hacking group Thallium have been seized by Microsoft

5 years ago

Twitter Suspends 166,000 Accounts For Terrorism

Says the decline in banned terrorism content is partly down to effectiveness of its policing tech

6 years ago

Gamarue Botnet Disrupted In Global Operation

Law enforcement agencies around the world close down long-running botnets powered by Gamarue malware

7 years ago

Cisco Takes Down £40m Ransomware Gang

Ransomware gang using Angler exploit kit to make $60m (£39m) annually has been shut down

9 years ago

Microsoft And Friends Disrupt Resilient ZeroAccess Botnet

Microsoft and its partners have successfully disrupted the Sirefef botnet, also known as ZeroAcces

11 years ago

Microsoft Removes Million PCs From Citadel Botnet Clutches

Microsoft has freed more than 1.2 million PCs from the control of the Citadel botnet and its criminal masters

11 years ago

Botnets Adopt Peer-to-Peer To Combat Takedowns

Botnets are adopting the use of peer-to-peer communications to hamper takedown efforts by the industry

11 years ago

Zeus Bots Remain Active Despite Microsoft Takedown

A few Zeus botnets reportedly remain active despite Microsoft closing down the bulk of them last month

13 years ago

Microsoft Names Developer Behind The Kelihos Spam Botnet

Microsoft has amended its original Kelihos civil lawsuit to add a Russian security professional as the developer of the spamming…

13 years ago