Dutch authorities have taken down a botnet made up of 17 million compromised devices. They seized 200 servers that powered the network.
The operation targeted the large-scale botnet, which relied on infected devices worldwide. Officials confirmed the seizure of supporting infrastructure in a coordinated effort.
German police and Europol shut down around 373,000 to 400,000 darknet sites selling gross child abuse material and scams in Operation Alice. Five Swedish men are suspected of gross child pornography crimes following a tip from German police. 440 customers were identified in the five-year investigation.
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FBI's Atlanta field office, with Indonesian authorities, has dismantled a sophisticated global phishing operation. The network stole thousands of victim account credentials and attempted fraud exceeding $20 million or Rp 342 billion. This marks the first joint cyber investigation of its kind.
Daemon Tools, a popular disk image mounting app, was compromised in a supply-chain attack starting April 8, delivering malware through official updates. Security firm Kaspersky reported infections on thousands of machines across over 100 countries. Users are urged to scan their systems immediately.
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A 21-year-old man known as HexDex was arrested on Monday in Vendée, suspected of orchestrating a wave of cyberattacks targeting dozens of French institutions. He admitted the facts to investigators, and his equipment was seized. The arrest could undermine a segment of the French cybercrime network.