CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks

Cybercriminals used the Glassworm botnet to infect open source software projects with malware, and in turn hack the ...
Computer Weekly

Glassworm botnet that targeted OS devs smashed to pieces

CrowdStrike, Google and the Shadowserver Foundation worked together to take down a botnet that poisoned over 300 GitHub repositories, risking widespread supply chain compromise.
Columbus Dispatch

Internet of Things comes back to bite us as hackers spread botnet code

SAN FRANCISCO – Consumers around the world could see their home Internet speeds slow in the coming weeks due to a recent release of software that allows hackers to use Internet-connected devices to ...
TechRadar

'Adversaries are no longer just targeting products, they're targeting the developers who build them': CrowdStrike takes down major botnet targeting developers across the world

CrowdStrike, Google, and Shadowserver jointly dismantled the Glassworm botnet on May 26, 2026, by disrupting all four of its resilient C2 channels simultaneously Active since early 2025, Glassworm ...
Dark Reading

Mirai Botnet Spinoffs Unleash Global Wave of DDoS Attacks

Separate spinoffs of the infamous Mirai botnet are responsible for a fresh wave of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks globally. One is exploiting specific vulnerabilities in Internet of ...