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Police cleans nearly 15,000 SocGholish-infected sites tied to Evil Corp

June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged Evil Corp, Law Enforcement, malware, Operation Endgame, police, SocGholish

International law enforcement agencies cleaned nearly 15,000 malware-infected WordPress websites and took down more than 100 servers linked to the SocGholish botnet and the Evil Corp Russian cybercrime group. This joint action (supported by Europol and Eurojust) was part of Operation Endgame, a major law enforcement operation targeting cybercrime now aimed at disrupting a key infection […]

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Evil Corp hit with new sanctions, BitPaymer ransomware charges

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 geekfeed0Tagged BitPaymer, cybercrime, DoppelPaymer, Dridex, Evil Corp, Hades, Indictment, LockBit ransomware, Macaw, PayLoadBin, Phoenix CryptoLocker, ransomware, WastedLocker, Who is Evil Corp

The Evil Corp cybercrime syndicate has been hit with new sanctions by the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. The US also indicted one of its members for conducting BitPaymer ransomware attacks. In 2019, the United States sanctioned seventeen individuals and seven entities linked to the Evil Corp gang, including the group’s leader, Maksim Yakubets. Today, the US Treasury’s […]

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