Civilians behind international police probe into Russian cybercriminals (opens original article in a new tab)

Civilians and international police collaborated to disrupt SocGholish malware operations, targeting WordPress sites infected by Russian cybercriminals.

• Civilians helped RCMP and international partners take down SocGholish malware linked to Russian group Evil Corp
• Dutch police reported 106 servers and domains taken down, 15,000 websites remediated
• WordPress users advised to change credentials, enable MFA, and avoid suspicious pop-ups