Online Speech & Moderation

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (437+ words) The Department of Justice has confirmed a coordinated international takedown of the Sality botnet, a peer-to-peer malware network that has plagued victims worldwide since 2003. The operation spanned the United States, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, bringing together federal law enforcement and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (292+ words) Operational failures uncover global network behind 5,000+ compromised devices and 2,000 websites This analysis reconstructs how a modern criminal infrastructure is organized from the inside, not from the victims' perspective. The campaign, which affected more than 5,000 infected computers worldwide, employed nearly 2,000 compromised…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (197+ words) Session moderator Artyom Saidov, Head of Cybersecurity Practice at KPMG Uzbekistan, noted that the share of digital payment users in the country rose from 39 percent in 2021 to 72 percent in 2025. According to Ministry of Internal Affairs data presented at the session,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (576+ words) Microsoft shares temporary fix for Windows 11 gaming issues New SynkLoader malware pushed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaign Police arrests dozens of suspects in global cybercrime crackdown Unpatched Calix flaw lets hackers bypass NAT to expose internal devices Hackers target WordPress…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (159+ words) **Rapid7**, a cybersecurity firm, said the cryptocurrency phishing campaign **Operation Asterix** targeted about **885,000 phone numbers**. Attackers lured users to fake **cryptocurrency wallets** through phishing sites and phone scams. The scheme was used to steal sensitive information, including wallet **recovery phrases**. Crypto…...