To combat cybercrime, US law enforcement increasingly prioritizes disruption

Rather than focusing on arrests, U.S. law enforcement is trying to prevent additional victims of online crime.

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DOJ’s Sandworm operation raises questions about how far feds can go to disarm botnets

The Department of Justice and FBI announced they used remote access technology to shut down a Sandworm botnet.

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Sandworm-linked botnet has another piece of hardware in its sights

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

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