Dutch authorities have taken offline a massive botnet of 17 million devices and seized more than 200 servers at a local provider that supported the operation. […]
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Microsoft Takes Down Fox Tempest for Providing Ransomware-Enabling Signing Tool
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has taken down the infrastructure of Fox Tempest, a prolific cybercrime-enabling threat group
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Operation PowerOFF Seizes 53 DDoS Domains, Exposes 3 Million Criminal Accounts
An international law enforcement operation has taken down 53 domains and arrested four people in connection with commercial distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operations that were used by more than 75,000 cybercriminals. The ongoing effort, dubbed Operation PowerOFF, disrupted access to the DDoS-for-hire services, took down the technical infrastructure supporting them, and obtained access to
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Sometimes changing the password on your email mailbox isn’t enough
Have you ever taken a look at your Microsoft 365 mailbox rules? If not, it might be worth a few minutes of your time. Because newly released research reveals that hackers may already have beaten you to it. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
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Life imprisonment for Cambodian scam compound operators – but will it make a difference?
Cambodia has taken a dramatic step in its fight against scam compounds that have imprisoned innocent people, and forced them to work as virtual slaves defrauding victims via the internet around the world with romance scams and dodgy investment schemes. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Slack’s AI updates signal shift towards agent orchestration
Slack has taken further steps to reposition Slackbot from a simple assistant to a more capable AI agent that can orchestrate workflows across external apps. The updates to Slackbot “signal a clear shift from a collaboration tool to what it hopes will become an operational layer for agentic work,” said Maria Bell, senior analyst,…
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Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In Sheds Quarter of Staff, Will Focus on Manosphere Fight
A 25-year-old has taken over as the feminist organization’s CEO as Sandberg re-engages with philanthropic endeavors.
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Ads Are Popping Up on the Fridge and It Isn’t Going Over Well
Some Americans have been taken aback by marketing messages on the door of certain Samsung appliances
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International joint action disrupts world’s largest DDoS botnets
Authorities from the United States, Germany, and Canada have taken down Command and Control (C2) infrastructure used by the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets to infect Internet of Things (IoT) devices. […]
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45,000 malicious IP addresses taken down, 94 suspects arrested
An international law enforcement operation has taken down more than 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers linked to phishing, malware, and ransomware activity. The action was carried out as part of Operation Synergia III, an investigation that ran from July 18, 2025 to January 31, 2026. According to INTERPOL, the operation resulted in 94 arrests,…
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When Humanoid Robots Come to a Small-Town Factory
Two-legged robots have taken over a job in a South Carolina auto parts plant. That’s just the start.
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Global Takedown Neutralizes Tycoon2FA Phishing Service
Law enforcers and industry partners have taken down notorious phishing-as-a-service platform Tycoon2FA
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Nvidia Swears Off an Earnings Crutch, Putting Pressure on Other Tech Companies
The AI chip giant has taken a positive step in how it reports stock-based compensation.
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As War Continues, Pro-Iranian Actors Launch Barrage of Cyberattacks
Iran and its supporters have taken to cyberspace to retaliate for US-Israeli military action, with an aim to cause economic and physical disruption.
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Project Compass is Europol’s new playbook for taking on The Com
A global law enforcement effort has taken root to combat The Com, a sprawling nihilistic network of thousands of minors and young adults engaged in various forms of cybercrime, including physical violence and extortion. Project Compass, an operation coordinated by Europol with support from 28 countries, including all members of the Five Eyes, has resulted…
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Dell Makes Annual Updates to Partner Program
Global technology leader Dell Technologies has taken steps to simplify, standardize, and automate how it does business with channel partners in its ecosystem. Dell Technologies focuses on growing its core business and new markets with partners The company states that in 2026, its long-term objectives with partners will focus on growing the core business, expanding…
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China-Linked DKnife AitM Framework Targets Routers for Traffic Hijacking, Malware Delivery
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a gateway-monitoring and adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) framework dubbed DKnife that’s operated by China-nexus threat actors since at least 2019. The framework comprises seven Linux-based implants that are designed to perform deep packet inspection, manipulate traffic, and deliver malware via routers and edge devices. Its primary targets seem to
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What enterprises should really watch at HP this year
The tech world was taken aback this week by the unexpected departure of HP CEO Enrique Lores, who left the device giant to head PayPal. But, according to industry experts, the company will fare well against this kind of shakeup as long as it is able to execute on AI PCs, show definitive ROI, differentiate…