Interpol – Operation Synergia III leads to 45,000 malicious IPs dismantled and 94 arrests worldwide
2026-03-14T08:51:50Z•aacc42a4ccece10d24d5f9e949cb0bf0b4bda74285b0874c8200711f7c27d853
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What happened
Collection of March 12–14, 2026 security headlines: INTERPOL’s Operation Synergia III dismantled ~45,000 malicious IPs/servers and resulted in 94 arrests; US and European authorities disrupted the SocksEscort proxy service backed by the AVrecon botnet (≈360,000 infected devices). IBM X-Force links Hive0163 to AI-assisted Slopoly malware used in ransomware campaigns. CISA added two Google Chrome flaws to its KEV catalog and Google patched two actively exploited high-severity Chrome vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-3909, CVE-2026-3910). Apple released emergency iOS updates for Coruna-related exploits.A
Why it matters
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- Source ID
- securityaffairs
- Record identifier
- aacc42a4ccece10d24d5f9e949cb0bf0b4bda74285b0874c8200711f7c27d853
- Enrichment time
- 2026-03-14T08:51:50Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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