Sality P2P Botnet’s Remarkable 23-Year Run Has Come to an End

The Sality P2P botnet, which was first detected in 2003, was finally shut down after a 23-year run, with CrowdStrike using isolation and sinkholes to keep infected systems from communicating with the botnet’s operator.

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