All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #Takedown, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.
Google's Threat Intelligence Group and the FBI have dismantled NetNut, a residential proxy network built on 2 million compromised Android smart TVs and...
A Microsoft Defender zero-day fuels ransomware before any patch exists; researchers dissect how syndicate groups run HR departments and tiered pricing;...
Microsoft and Europol dismantled both StealC and Amadey simultaneously in a single RICO filing — the first time a court-authorized takedown has targeted...
A two-week joint operation by Microsoft and Europol dismantled three major malware-as-a-service platforms — StealC, Amadey, and SocGholish — seizing 326...
A joint FBI and Google operation took down the Outsider Enterprise phishing platform — responsible for over 9,000 fake sites, nearly 4 million stolen...
The FBI, Google, and Black Lotus Labs jointly dismantled Outsider Enterprise, a massive Chinese phishing-as-a-service platform that operated over one...
Law enforcement agencies and major technology companies have jointly dismantled infrastructure tied to Southeast Asia-based scammers, disrupting more than 1.4…
A coordinated international law enforcement operation has dismantled nine organized crime groups and arrested 29 suspects in a major crackdown targeting…
Dutch authorities seized command-and-control servers tied to a botnet of 17 million infected computers, smartphones, and tablets that was allegedly used to…
Dutch authorities took offline a massive botnet of 17 million infected devices and seized more than 200 servers from a local hosting provider that...
CrowdStrike, Google, and Shadowserver dismantled the Glassworm botnet, stripping operators of infrastructure used to inject malware into OSS packages.
CrowdStrike, Google, and Shadowserver simultaneously disrupted GlassWorm C2 channels, ending a supply-chain campaign targeting developers via packages.
Dutch financial crime investigators (FIOD) arrested two men and seized 800 servers from a hosting company that provided bulletproof infrastructure...
International authorities have disrupted a criminal VPN service called First VPN that was used by more than 25 ransomware groups to conceal network...
International law enforcement has dismantled 'First VPN,' a criminal VPN service marketed on Russian-speaking cybercrime forums and used to facilitate...
An international law enforcement operation has dismantled 53 DDoS-for-hire domains, arrested four individuals, and exposed over 3 million criminal...
An international coalition led by Europol and Microsoft has taken down Tycoon2FA, a phishing-as-a-service platform responsible for 87.5 million phishing...