importantSYS.SOURCE: The Hacker News• 2026-09-02T12:26:30+05:30

U.S. and International Authorities Disrupt Sality P2P Botnet to Neutralize Malware Threats

#malware #botnet #cybersecurity #p2p #sinkhole

U.S. and international authorities disrupted the Sality P2P botnet by sinkholing its network and preventing new malware payloads, marking a significant victory against a decade-old cybercrime infrastructure. The operation leveraged peer list manipulation to isolate infected machines and neutralize the botnet's communication capabilities.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the takedown of a long-standing peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as Sality as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation.

The effort was undertaken on August 31, 2026, by authorities from the U.S., Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, in collaboration with private industry partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation. To that

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