Lumen Technologies

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Despite multiple takedowns, botnets continue to grow

Cyber Scoop July 24, 2026

Despite multiple takedowns, botnets continue to grow | CyberScoop...

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• AI
• Amadey
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• bitsight
• botnet
• cybercrime
• Denmark
• ESET
• germany
• IBM
• infostealers
• Lumen Technologies
• Malware
• Microsoft
• Mitsui Bussan
• Netherlands
• Proofpoint
• RICO
• Russia
• StealC
• takedown
• Threats
• U.S. courts
• Ukraine

In a first, a court takedown goes after two cybercrime tools at once

Cyber Scoop June 24, 2026

In a first, a court takedown goes after two...

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• China
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• FBI
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Google
• Government
• Lumen Technologies
• Outsider
• phishing
• phishing kit
• scam
• scammers

FBI takes down massive China-based cybercrime network that caused $1.9B in losses

Cyber Scoop June 12, 2026

FBI takes down massive China-based cybercrime network that caused...

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• Austria
• Black Lotus Labs
• botnet
• Bulgaria
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Eurojust
• Europol
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• France
• germany
• Government
• Hungary
• Lumen Technologies
• Malware
• modems
• proxy network
• proxy services
• Research
• residential proxy network
• Romania
• Shadowserver
• SocksEscort
• The Netherlands
• Threats

Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort

Cyber Scoop March 12, 2026

Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort | CyberScoop Skip...

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• China
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• IPIDEA
• Iran
• Lumen Technologies
• North Korea
• proxy network
• Russia
• Threats

Google’s disruption rips millions out of devices out of malicious network

Cyber Scoop January 30, 2026

Google’s disruption rips millions out of devices out of...

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• Aisuru
• Black Lotus Labs
• botnet
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• Kimwolf
• Lumen Technologies
• Synthient
• Threats
• XLab

Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates security researchers

Cyber Scoop January 14, 2026

Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates...

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• 5G
• AT&T
• Censys
• China
• CTIIC
• Cybersecurity
• FTIDelta
• fuzzing
• Government
• Lumen Technologies
• Radio Access Networks
• routers
• Salt Typhoon
• Telecommunications
• University of Florida
• Verizon
• virtual private network (VPN)

A house full of open windows: Why telecoms may never purge their networks of Salt Typhoon

Cyber Scoop May 21, 2025

A house full of open windows: Why telecoms may...

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• backdoor
• Black Lotus Labs
• Cybersecurity
• espionage
• FreeBSD
• Juniper Networks
• Lumen Technologies
• routers
• Threats
• virtual private network (VPN)

New backdoor discovered that specifically targets Juniper routers

Cyber Scoop January 23, 2025

New backdoor discovered that specifically targets Juniper routers |...

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• Afghanistan
• Black Lotus Labs
• Cybersecurity
• Geopolitics
• Government
• India
• Lumen Technologies
• Microsoft
• Research
• Secret Blizzard
• Threats
• Turla

Russian-linked Turla caught using Pakistani APT infrastructure for espionage

Cyber Scoop December 4, 2024

Russian-linked Turla caught using Pakistani APT infrastructure for espionage...

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• China
• CISA
• Commerce Department
• Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
• Congress
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• Cyber Safety Review Board
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department of Justice
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Director of National Intelligence
• Donald Trump
• FBI
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Government
• House Appropriations Committee
• House Energy and Commerce Committee
• House Homeland Security Committee
• House Judiciary Committee
• Justice Department
• Lumen Technologies
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
• NTIA
• ODNI
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• Salt Typhoon
• Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party
• Telecommunications
• telecoms
• Threats
• Verizon

Host of House panels getting briefed on major Chinese hacker telecom breaches

Cyber Scoop November 7, 2024

Host of House panels getting briefed on major Chinese...

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