Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes
2026-09-02T07:23:52Z•9975b8cffb0a5cc0b7a5ccccadbd53d21a7f394ba90815357f42b5978640c0ae
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What happened
A security-news feed covering active exploitation of enterprise vulnerabilities, large-scale data breaches, ransomware, botnets, supply-chain and BGP attacks, malware campaigns, critical-infrastructure incidents, exposed credentials, and emerging AI-agent security risks. Several reports describe in-the-wild exploitation, zero-day activity, and impacts to healthcare, government, utilities, airports, and software platforms.
Why it matters
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- theregister_security
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- 9975b8cffb0a5cc0b7a5ccccadbd53d21a7f394ba90815357f42b5978640c0ae
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- 2026-09-02T07:23:52Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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