‘Operation Endgame’ targeted well-known malware variants used to facilitate ransomware and other serious cybercrime.

Scores of purchased or compromised devices used in “operational relay box networks” make detection and defense harder.

U.S. authorities disrupted the infrastructure used by a notorious Russian hacking group linked to the country's military intelligence agency.

The search warrant targeted a Florida hosting company alleged to have facilitated the botnet activity.

Botnets have proven hard to permanently eradicate in the past, suggesting Europol's success disabling the FluBot malware could be fleeting.

The analysis shows that what was thought of as a straightforward DDoS tool was so much more.

The defendant earned roughly $80,000 from his crimes between 2017 and 2019, prosecutors said.

Recent changes to Microsoft automation capabilities may be forcing cybercrime operators to adapt.

The botnet was being assembled by Russia's foreign intelligence agency, the GRU, Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference.

The CyclopsBlink malware is now targeting internet routers from hardware maker ASUS, Trend Micro researchers said.