Endgame 3.0: The Largest November Takedowns and Cyber Threat Eliminations
Europol has conducted one of the largest operations of this year - Endgame 3.0, targeting three major criminal infrastructures:Rhadamanthys Stealer, VenomRAT, and the Elysium botnet
November Results:
1,025 servers taken down or seized 20 domains confiscated Searches in 11 locations across Europe In Greece, an operator of VenomRAT was arrested, who controlled access to over 100,000 cryptocurrency wallets Databases containing millions of stolen passwords, cookies, and victim data were destroyed Why This is Important It degrades the Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) business model—criminals lost an entire malware ecosystem Endgame struck at the backend of cybercrime—panels, C2 servers, proxy nodes The operation involved dozens of countries + private cybersecurity companies (CrowdStrike, Bitdefender, Proofpoint, etc.) This is one of the largest takedowns in recent yearsBut experts warn: structures like Rhadamanthys can reappear under a different name—the game of "Whack-a-Mole" continues!
What This Means for InfoSec and Pentesters New IOCs for SIGMA/YARA/Suricata An excellent case study for training red and blue teams A drill on TTPs—from C2 operation to infrastructure camouflage Analysis of the seized servers will provide many insights into modern criminal DevOps
