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#3 SecurityWeek general June 19, 2026 at 06:46 UTC

15,000 WordPress Websites Cleaned Up in SocGholish Botnet Takedown

By Ionut Arghire

AI Summary

Operation Endgame targeted the SocGholish botnet infrastructure linked to Russia-based Evil Corp, taking down 106 command-and-control servers and domains and cleaning up approximately 15,000 compromised WordPress websites. The coordinated law enforcement and private-sector action represents a significant disruption to one of the most prolific drive-by download malware distribution networks.

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Relevance score: 87.0/100

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