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The Aug. 31 disruption of the Sality botnet cut off its operator’s ability to deliver new malicious software to infected…

International law enforcement agencies and private partners have seized Sality malware infrastructure in a joint action aiming to disrupt and…

After 23 years of operation, the Sality peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet has been disrupted as part of an international law enforcement…

Ravie LakshmananAug 27, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News A fake login page. A fake security scan. A fake productivity app.…

Researchers at Kaspersky have come across what appears to be the first malware specifically designed for car head units, and…

A supply-chain attack targeting Android-based car head units is using a legitimate device-update app to spread malware that enlists compromised…

Ravie LakshmananAug 21, 2026Malware / Automotive Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware family that’s specifically designed to infect…

Ravie LakshmananAug 17, 2026Malware / Botnet Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives…

A new Mirai-based modular Linux botnet malware called Evooo1Bot has been targeting internet-facing gateway devices, turning them into SOCKS5 traffic…