Sality Malware — Analysis, Campaigns & Threat Activity

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
29
occurrences
First Seen
June 15, 2026
Last Seen
September 5, 2026

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Recent Intelligence Reports

  • AI Attack Surfaces and Supply Chain Threats Define the Week — Esecurityplanet · September 5, 2026
  • Google Patches 6th Chrome Zero — Feeds.Feedburner · September 4, 2026
  • Newsweek FBI laudă România după destructurarea "Sality", o rețea malware activă de 20 de ani. Cum operau hackerii * Newsweek România — newsweek.ro · September 3, 2026
  • Digi24 România, implicată într- operațiune a FBI împotriva unei rețele cibernetice globale. Milioane de calculatoare, vizate — www.digi24.ro · September 3, 2026
  • euronews.ro România, implicată în destructurarea unei rețele de hackeri active de peste 20 de ani — www.euronews.ro · September 3, 2026
  • Agentic adversaries cut attacker intrusion times to minutes — Siliconangle · September 3, 2026
  • US and European authorities disrupt Sality botnet after 23 years — Cyberinsider · September 2, 2026
  • International Operation Disrupts Notorious Sality Botnet After More Than Two Decades — Linkedin · September 2, 2026

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