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May 27, 2026 at 13:28 UTC
Glassworm botnet disrupted after resilient C2 infrastructure takedown
By Ionut Ilascu
AI Summary
The Glassworm botnet, active since early 2025, targeted software developers through malicious packages and extensions in supply chain attacks. CrowdStrike, Google, and Shadowserver simultaneously took down all four C2 servers, which used resilient infrastructure including Solana blockchain transactions and the BitTorrent DHT network to evade takedowns. This disruption is significant for security teams protecting software development pipelines and open-source ecosystems.
Relevance score: 88.0/100
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