Operation Endgame: Police reveal takedowns of three key cybercrime tools An international coalition of law enforcement agencies announced on Thursday a series of disruptions to three of the most significant tools used by cybercriminals globally. Coordinated from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, the latest phase of Operation Endgame saw cops scupper the Rhadamanthys infostealer, the VenomRAT remote access trojan and the Elysium botnet. It follows a first phase back in 2024 when Operation Endgame launched what its participants described as the “largest ever operation against botnets,” before a second wave of actions earlier this year took direct aim at individuals in the ransomware ecosystem. According to Europol, the most recent phase of Operation Endgame — which began November 10 —…