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US disrupts Russian Cyclops Blink botnet before being used in attacks

BleepingComputer, April 6, 2022. The 6 April 2022 announcement of the disruption of the Cyclops Blink botnet controlled by the Russian-backed Sandworm group, targeting WatchGuard Firebox firewalls and ASUS routers, before it was used in attacks..

Source type
News report
Published
April 6, 2022
Research grade
S2
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Bibliographic record

Publisher
BleepingComputer
Published
April 6, 2022
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S2
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-disrupts-russian-cyclops-blink-botnet-before-being-used-in-attacks/
What it supports
The 6 April 2022 announcement of the disruption of the Cyclops Blink botnet controlled by the Russian-backed Sandworm group, targeting WatchGuard Firebox firewalls and ASUS routers, before it was used in attacks.
Dataset id
src_bleepingcomputer_cyclops_blink_disrupted

Research notes

  • By Sergiu Gatlan.
  • Cited as the absence of a documented resurgence (res_cyclops_blink_none); the article itself records only the disruption, so it cannot positively evidence a negative.

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Cited 1 time across 1 record type.

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