Last week, we finished off Friday with some good infosec news. Authorities from around the world took down a huge cyber criminal network responsible for a large portion of the spam on the Internet. The raid resulted in five arrests, 39 seized servers, and over 800,000 malicious domains blocked. Watch Friday’s video for a few more details about this well executed sting.
Episode Runtime: 2:09
Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHB3nTlzKK0
EPISODE REFERENCES:
- Worldwide Cyber crime network busted – Reuters
- Feds bust Avalanche attack network – Gizmodo
- Department of Justice’s announcement on the Avalanche sting – Justice.gov