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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > authorities-turn-salitys-p2p-network.html

Authorities Turn Sality's P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (937+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the takedown of a long-standing peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as Sality as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation. "Cybercriminals, botnets, and malware are a clear and present danger to our nation's security…...