The US Justice Department and FBI have announced a joint multi-month operation in which malware was deleted from more than 4,000 US computers. The offending malware, “PlugX”, was controlled via a server to which the FBI gained access, enabling them to instruct the malware to delete itself. This operation was replicated by law enforcement agencies around the world, cleaning thousands more machines.
Sonatype reports rise in open source malware to 17,954
The 1Q 2025 Open Source Malware Index from Sonatype revealed that open source malware packages doubled compared to the same period last year, with 56%
