Bluesky blocks links to leaked DHS employee data amid takedowns
A hacker obtained more than 40,000 Homeland Security login records with work phones and emails; DHS calls it a potential breach.
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FOLLOW-UP: taikotalent.xyz fake-recruiter trojan — RESOLVED (registrar clientHold 2026-10-10)
Fake-recruiter trojan distributed via taikotalent.xyz has been taken down after the registrar placed the domain on clientHold on October 10.
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Global takedown hits network behind 1 billion phishing messages
Microsoft and police disrupted a phishing marketplace and kits behind more than a billion malicious messages.
International coalition seizes tools used by cyber firm behind Flax Typhoon
A US-led coalition seized Flax Typhoon tools Microscan and FishHub operated by China's Integrity Tech.
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Authorities seize sites selling hacked, stolen intimate images of 17,000 women and girls
FBI and French authorities seized NudeLeaksTeens and arrested two suspects over stolen intimate images of 17,000 victims.
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Police Target KillSec Ransomware Group with Arrests and Seizures
European police seized KillSec infrastructure and arrested suspects, including a 16-year-old alleged ringleader.
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Operation KillSwitch: Police Dismantle KillSec Ransomware Group
Europol's Operation KillSwitch dismantled KillSec ransomware after about 500 confirmed attacks and seized 110 terabytes.
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Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Suspected of Running KillSec, Seize Ransomware Leak Site and Servers
Spanish police arrested a suspected 16-year-old KillSec administrator; joint operation seized the ransomware group's leak site, 110 TB of data and five servers.
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Police disrupt KillSec ransomware, arrest suspected teenage leader
Spanish police arrested KillSec's suspected 16-year-old leader and seized the ransomware gang's leak site, five servers, and infrastructure across Europe.
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16-year-old Alleged KillSec Ransomware Group Leader Arrested, Servers Dismantled
Nine-country operation arrests three KillSec ransomware members, including a suspected 16-year-old leader, and seizes five servers plus 110TB of stolen data.
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Police Shut Down KillSec Ransomware, Identify Alleged Teen Leader
Europol-led Operation KillSwitch dismantled KillSec ransomware, seizing its leak site and 110TB of stolen data; a 16-year-old alleged leader was identified.
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GitHub has not removed malicious imitation software after 3 weeks
GitHub left a malware-flagged Easy Data Transform imitation online for weeks, removing it after Hacker News attention.
AI-Powered Phishing Platform EvilTokens Disrupted by Microsoft
Microsoft disrupted EvilTokens, an AI-powered phishing platform that compromised 12,000+ email accounts across 10,000+ organizations.
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EvilTokens made phishing-as-a-service look easy. Then it got taken down
Law enforcement takes down EvilTokens PhaaS kit that compromised 12,000 inboxes using AI-powered device-code phishing to bypass MFA.
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The Lure Isn't The Malware. It's Your Logo.
Recorded Future launches Malicious Site Monitoring in Digital Risk Protection, showcasing ClickFix brand-impersonation detection with AI triage.
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Microsoft’s EvilTokens takedown sheds light on state of AI-powered cybercrime
Microsoft seized EvilTokens infrastructure after the AI phishing service compromised about 12,000 Microsoft 365 inboxes.
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Two arrested in UK after Microsoft takedown of ‘Eviltokens’ AI-chatbot for cybercriminals
Microsoft's court-authorized takedown of the EvilTokens AI phishing platform led to two UK arrests; the service had access to 12,000+ compromised inboxes.
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Microsoft and partners disrupt EvilTokens, a comprehensive cybercrime service for financial fraud
Court-ordered seizure of 50 EvilTokens websites disables an AI-driven PhaaS tied to 12,000 compromised Microsoft inboxes and $1.7M reported losses.
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NightmareStresser DDoS Service Disrupted in International Operation
FBI seized NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire domains in Operation PowerOFF; the booter had nearly 1 million users and launched hundreds of thousands of attacks since 2022.
Authorities seize popular, long-running DDoS-for-hire service domains
FBI and RCMP seized NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire domains under Operation PowerOFF; the service enabled hundreds of thousands of attacks since at least 2022.
International Operation Disrupts Sality P2P Botnet
US-led international operation with Europol, CrowdStrike, and Shadowserver sinkholed the 20-year-old Sality P2P botnet, once exceeding one million infected machines.
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Dogged Russia-based botnet dismantled after 23-year run
Law enforcement, CrowdStrike and Shadowserver dismantled the 23-year-old Sality P2P botnet that infected more than 11 million devices.
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Sality, one of the longest
US and European authorities, with CrowdStrike and Shadowserver, disrupted the 20-year-old Sality peer-to-peer botnet, severing 15,000+ infected machines from operators.
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Authorities Turn Sality's P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads
US and European authorities with CrowdStrike dismantled the two-decade-old Sality P2P botnet using peer-list manipulation, blocking payload delivery to infected hosts.
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