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Microsoft on the counter­attack! Trickbot malware network takes a hit
2020-10-12 21:03

These were servers that Microsoft had tied back to the operation of a large, long-lived and destructive zombie network known as Trickbot.

Sadly, we've had to write about Trickbot many times over the years, as the criminals behind the operation have spammed out wave after wave of deviously constructed emails under a wide variety of guises, all with the ultimate goal of infecting as many victims as possible with zombie malware.

This zombie malware would regularly "Call home" to one or more the Trickbot servers for instructions on what sort of cybercriminality to indulge in next.

So Trickbot infections often added a destructive insult to an already costly injury, typically ending up in a Ryuk ransomware attack.

Prevent the download and deployment of Trickbot or any other malware in the first place, thus limiting the number of new infections.


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https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/10/12/microsoft-on-the-counterattack-trickbot-malware-network-takes-a-hit/

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