Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes
Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes
23-year-old botnet down
www.theregister.com
September 1, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes
"Über 15.000 PCs waren zuletzt Teil des seit 2003 aktiven Sality-Botnetzes – darunter auch solche aus Deutschland. Damit ist jetzt Schluss."
#digitales #bots
#digitales #bots
Tausende Systeme infiziert: Behörden zerschlagen 23 Jahre altes Botnetz - Golem.de
Über 15.000 PCs waren zuletzt Teil des seit 2003 aktiven Sality-Botnetzes - darunter auch solche aus Deutschland. Damit ist jetzt Schluss.
www.golem.de
September 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"Über 15.000 PCs waren zuletzt Teil des seit 2003 aktiven Sality-Botnetzes – darunter auch solche aus Deutschland. Damit ist jetzt Schluss."
#digitales #bots
#digitales #bots
Authorities and CrowdStrike disrupted the Sality botnet after 23 years. More than 11 million unique IP addresses were linked to it during its lifetime.
Listen/Read: hackread.com/sality-botne...
#CyberSecurity #Botnet #Sality #CyberCrime #DDoS
Listen/Read: hackread.com/sality-botne...
#CyberSecurity #Botnet #Sality #CyberCrime #DDoS
Sality Botnet Linked to 11 Million IPs Disrupted After 23 Years
US and European authorities disrupted the long-running Sality botnet, using P2P sinkholing to cut infected Windows systems off from its operator.
hackread.com
September 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Authorities and CrowdStrike disrupted the Sality botnet after 23 years. More than 11 million unique IP addresses were linked to it during its lifetime.
Listen/Read: hackread.com/sality-botne...
#CyberSecurity #Botnet #Sality #CyberCrime #DDoS
Listen/Read: hackread.com/sality-botne...
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International law enforcement agencies and private partners have seized Sality malware infrastructure in a joint action aiming to disrupt and take down the peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet.
Sality botnet infrastructure dismantled in joint global takedown
International law enforcement agencies and private partners have seized Sality malware infrastructure in a joint action aiming to disrupt and take down the peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
September 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM
International law enforcement agencies and private partners have seized Sality malware infrastructure in a joint action aiming to disrupt and take down the peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet.
Tja. Thema Sality-Botnetz. 23 Jahre aktiv gewesen.
https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Verbraucherinnen-und-Verbraucher/Cyber-Sicherheitslage/Methoden-der-Cyber-Kriminalitaet/Botnetze/Steckbriefe-aktueller-Botnetze/Steckbriefe/Sality/Sality.html
https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Verbraucherinnen-und-Verbraucher/Cyber-Sicherheitslage/Methoden-der-Cyber-Kriminalitaet/Botnetze/Steckbriefe-aktueller-Botnetze/Steckbriefe/Sality/Sality.html
Sality-Botnetz zerschlagen: P2P-Sinkholing stoppt Steuerung
(Bild: Aidas - stock.adobe.com) Internationale Behörden legten den Steuerungskanal des Sality-P2P-Botnetzes per Sinkholing lahm. Über 11 Mio. IPs waren verknüpft.
www.security-insider.de
September 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Tja. Thema Sality-Botnetz. 23 Jahre aktiv gewesen.
https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Verbraucherinnen-und-Verbraucher/Cyber-Sicherheitslage/Methoden-der-Cyber-Kriminalitaet/Botnetze/Steckbriefe-aktueller-Botnetze/Steckbriefe/Sality/Sality.html
https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Verbraucherinnen-und-Verbraucher/Cyber-Sicherheitslage/Methoden-der-Cyber-Kriminalitaet/Botnetze/Steckbriefe-aktueller-Botnetze/Steckbriefe/Sality/Sality.html
New: Sality, a peer-to-peer botnet which has been around in some iteration for *23 years,* is being dismantled.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Russian cybercrime operation being dismantled after two decades, US officials and CrowdStrike say
A two-decade-old Russian hacking operation dubbed "Sality" is being dismantled, U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
September 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
New: Sality, a peer-to-peer botnet which has been around in some iteration for *23 years,* is being dismantled.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Sality, a Russia-based botnet that infected more than 11 million devices during a 23-year run of operations, was dismantled Monday by law enforcement, CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation.
Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/sality-botne...
Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/sality-botne...
September 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Sality, a Russia-based botnet that infected more than 11 million devices during a 23-year run of operations, was dismantled Monday by law enforcement, CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation.
Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/sality-botne...
Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/sality-botne...
Russian cybercrime operation being dismantled after two decades, US officials and CrowdStrike say reut.rs/4x1y01u
Russian cybercrime operation being dismantled after two decades, US officials and CrowdStrike say
A two-decade-old Russian hacking operation dubbed "Sality" is being dismantled, U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced on Tuesday.
reut.rs
September 1, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Russian cybercrime operation being dismantled after two decades, US officials and CrowdStrike say reut.rs/4x1y01u
Sality botnet, 23 years old, finally disrupted
Law enforcement, CrowdStrike, and Shadowserver disrupted Sality, a 23-year-old P2P botnet that infected 15,000+ machines and stole crypto for eight years.
Two decades is quite a lifespan for a botnet before someone decided to finally sinkhole it.
Law enforcement, CrowdStrike, and Shadowserver disrupted Sality, a 23-year-old P2P botnet that infected 15,000+ machines and stole crypto for eight years.
Two decades is quite a lifespan for a botnet before someone decided to finally sinkhole it.
September 2, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Sality botnet, 23 years old, finally disrupted
Law enforcement, CrowdStrike, and Shadowserver disrupted Sality, a 23-year-old P2P botnet that infected 15,000+ machines and stole crypto for eight years.
Two decades is quite a lifespan for a botnet before someone decided to finally sinkhole it.
Law enforcement, CrowdStrike, and Shadowserver disrupted Sality, a 23-year-old P2P botnet that infected 15,000+ machines and stole crypto for eight years.
Two decades is quite a lifespan for a botnet before someone decided to finally sinkhole it.
U.S. and European authorities disrupted the long-running botnet Sality, turning its peer-to-peer architecture against itself therecord.media/sality-botne...
Sality, one of the longest-running botnets, finally gets disrupted
U.S. and European authorities disrupted the long-running botnet Sality, turning the malware’s peer-to-peer architecture against itself to cut thousands of infected computers off from operators.
therecord.media
September 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
U.S. and European authorities disrupted the long-running botnet Sality, turning its peer-to-peer architecture against itself therecord.media/sality-botne...
I can't help but think of Holly Hunter getting rather sality during a press interview for CRASH while asked for the millionth time how "weird" David Cronenberg was - and she fired back that she was treated more respectfully by him than a lot of 'mainstream' directors she'd worked with.
August 3, 2024 at 9:37 PM
I can't help but think of Holly Hunter getting rather sality during a press interview for CRASH while asked for the millionth time how "weird" David Cronenberg was - and she fired back that she was treated more respectfully by him than a lot of 'mainstream' directors she'd worked with.
A two-decade-old Russian hacking operation dubbed "Sality" is being dismantled, U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced on Tuesday.
Russian cybercrime operation being dismantled after two decades, US officials and CrowdStrike say
A two-decade-old Russian hacking operation dubbed "Sality" is being dismantled, U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced on Tuesday.
reut.rs
September 1, 2026 at 10:10 PM
A two-decade-old Russian hacking operation dubbed "Sality" is being dismantled, U.S. law enforcement officials and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced on Tuesday.
Here's @crowdstrike.com's blog post explaining how the takedown happened.
www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/i...
www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/i...
Inside the Sality Botnet Disruption Operation | CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike collaborated with international law enforcement and industry partners to execute a coordinated disruption of the Sality peer-to-peer botnet.
www.crowdstrike.com
September 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Here's @crowdstrike.com's blog post explaining how the takedown happened.
www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/i...
www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/i...
🌐 More than 11 million infected IP addresses linked to the Sality botnet.
After more than two decades of activity, an international operation supported by Europol has disrupted the resilient peer-to-peer infrastructure.
🤝 🇺🇸 🇧🇬 🇭🇺 🇷🇴 + private-sector partners
🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/Tfx450ZI9C1
After more than two decades of activity, an international operation supported by Europol has disrupted the resilient peer-to-peer infrastructure.
🤝 🇺🇸 🇧🇬 🇭🇺 🇷🇴 + private-sector partners
🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/Tfx450ZI9C1
September 2, 2026 at 8:40 AM
🌐 More than 11 million infected IP addresses linked to the Sality botnet.
After more than two decades of activity, an international operation supported by Europol has disrupted the resilient peer-to-peer infrastructure.
🤝 🇺🇸 🇧🇬 🇭🇺 🇷🇴 + private-sector partners
🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/Tfx450ZI9C1
After more than two decades of activity, an international operation supported by Europol has disrupted the resilient peer-to-peer infrastructure.
🤝 🇺🇸 🇧🇬 🇭🇺 🇷🇴 + private-sector partners
🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/Tfx450ZI9C1
Investigators have disabled Sality, a botnet linked to 11 million IP addresses. Europol says the effort targeted one of the hardest systems to dismantle.
Years-long Europol-backed effort dismantles global botnet controlling 1m devices
Years-long Europol-backed effort dismantles global botnet controlling 1m devices
www.brusselstimes.com
September 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Investigators have disabled Sality, a botnet linked to 11 million IP addresses. Europol says the effort targeted one of the hardest systems to dismantle.
*A botnet that lasted for 23 years. Are there even older botnets than that? Are they multigenerational heirlooms of some kind?
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/inside-sality-botnet-disruption-operation/
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/inside-sality-botnet-disruption-operation/
Inside the Sality Botnet Disruption Operation | CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike collaborated with international law enforcement and industry partners to execute a coordinated disruption of the Sality peer-to-peer botnet.
www.crowdstrike.com
September 3, 2026 at 3:45 AM
*A botnet that lasted for 23 years. Are there even older botnets than that? Are they multigenerational heirlooms of some kind?
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/inside-sality-botnet-disruption-operation/
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/inside-sality-botnet-disruption-operation/
Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Stealing Bitcoin and Ethereum
Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Stealing Bitcoin and Ethereum
CrowdStrike and the DOJ isolated more than 15,000 infected machines in a malware takedown spanning four countries.
decrypt.co
September 2, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Stealing Bitcoin and Ethereum
Kolluk Kuvvetleri ve CrowdStrike İş Birliğiyle Sality Botnet Çökertildi: 23 Yıllık Tehdide Darbe
Kolluk Kuvvetleri ve CrowdStrike İş Birliğiyle Sality Botnet Çökertildi: 23 Yıllık Tehdide Darbe
Siber güvenlik dünyasında tarihi bir operasyona imza atıldı. Küresel çapta faaliyet gösteren kolluk kuvvetleri ve siber güvenlik devi CrowdStrike, 23 yılı aş…
teknovizor.com
September 2, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Kolluk Kuvvetleri ve CrowdStrike İş Birliğiyle Sality Botnet Çökertildi: 23 Yıllık Tehdide Darbe
Sality, one of the longest-running botnets, finally gets disrupted
therecord.media/sality-botne...
therecord.media/sality-botne...
Sality, one of the longest-running botnets, finally gets disrupted
U.S. and European authorities disrupted the long-running botnet Sality, turning the malware’s peer-to-peer architecture against itself to cut thousands of infected computers off from operators.
therecord.media
September 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Sality, one of the longest-running botnets, finally gets disrupted
therecord.media/sality-botne...
therecord.media/sality-botne...
So do we think that someone who operated a botnet for more than 20 years (a life’s work) will just walk away after a takedown, or will they just rebuild the botnet like they built it before?
www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/i...
www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/i...
Inside the Sality Botnet Disruption Operation | CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike collaborated with international law enforcement and industry partners to execute a coordinated disruption of the Sality peer-to-peer botnet.
www.crowdstrike.com
September 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
So do we think that someone who operated a botnet for more than 20 years (a life’s work) will just walk away after a takedown, or will they just rebuild the botnet like they built it before?
www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/i...
www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/i...
Cops and CrowdStrike poisoned the Sality network and diverted it to sinkholes. #Cops #CrowdStrike #Sality #Sinkholes https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/02/cops-crowdstrike-disrupt-sality-botnet-by-poisoning-the-network-and-diverting-into-sinkholes/5293795
Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes
23-year-old botnet down
www.theregister.com
September 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Cops and CrowdStrike poisoned the Sality network and diverted it to sinkholes. #Cops #CrowdStrike #Sality #Sinkholes https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/02/cops-crowdstrike-disrupt-sality-botnet-by-poisoning-the-network-and-diverting-into-sinkholes/5293795
The Europol‑led operation successfully disrupted the Sality botnet, which has been active for 20 years. #Europol #Sality #botnet https://malware.news/t/global-public-private-operation-disrupts-sality-botnet-active-for-two-decades/125256
Global public-private operation disrupts Sality botnet active for two decades - Malware News - Malware Analysis, News and Indicators
An international operation supported by Europol has disrupted the Sality peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet, a long-running criminal infrastructure used to distribute malicious payloads to thousands of infected computers worldwid…
malware.news
September 3, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The Europol‑led operation successfully disrupted the Sality botnet, which has been active for 20 years. #Europol #Sality #botnet https://malware.news/t/global-public-private-operation-disrupts-sality-botnet-active-for-two-decades/125256
Sality-Botnetz nach mehr als 20 Jahren durch Sinkhole-Aktion gestoppt - Ein Peer-to-Peer-Netzwerk aus infizierten Rechnern, das seit dem Jahr 2003 bestand, ist nicht mehr unter der Kontrolle seines Betreibers.
www.all-about-security.de/sality-botne...
#malware #botnet #botnetz
www.all-about-security.de/sality-botne...
#malware #botnet #botnetz
Sality-Botnetz nach 23 Jahren zerschlagen: Die Details
Nach 23 Jahren ist das Sality-Botnetz nicht mehr aktiv. Lesen Sie, wie internationale Ermittler dieses Netzwerk zerschlagen haben.
www.all-about-security.de
September 2, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Sality-Botnetz nach mehr als 20 Jahren durch Sinkhole-Aktion gestoppt - Ein Peer-to-Peer-Netzwerk aus infizierten Rechnern, das seit dem Jahr 2003 bestand, ist nicht mehr unter der Kontrolle seines Betreibers.
www.all-about-security.de/sality-botne...
#malware #botnet #botnetz
www.all-about-security.de/sality-botne...
#malware #botnet #botnetz
Russian Crypto-Stealing Botnet Sality Shut Down After Two-Decade Run
Sep 03 2026 07:15 UTC
#sality-botnet #crypto-theft #clipboard-hijacking #crowdstrike #department-of-justice #eggjagger #bitcoin #ethereum #malware #takedown
Sep 03 2026 07:15 UTC
#sality-botnet #crypto-theft #clipboard-hijacking #crowdstrike #department-of-justice #eggjagger #bitcoin #ethereum #malware #takedown
September 3, 2026 at 10:21 AM