Europol, in collaboration with Dutch authorities, the U.S. FBI and private security companies, have seized the domain names used to control a botnet called Beebone.. The police action Wednesday included a so-called botnet sinkholing operation that involved redirecting domains used by the botnet The link for this article located at Network World is no longer available. . Authorities dismantle control points of the Beebone botnet in a significant effort to reduce the threat of malware proliferation.. Beebone Botnet, Malware Threats, Law Enforcement Operations, Cybersecurity Tactics. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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