Security News > 2021 > February > Microsoft: Keep your guard up even after Emotet’s disruption
Microsoft warns customers not to let their guard down even after hundreds of Emotet botnet servers were taken down in late January 2021.
Telemetry data collected by Microsoft since Emotet's infrastructure was disrupted shows that the botnet has seen a drastic drop in activity, but Redmond still warns customers not to take down their defenses.
"Microsoft 365 Defender data shows that the disruption of Emotet infrastructure immediately resulted in the drop in new campaigns," the company's global network of security experts tweeted earlier today.
Security admins should not lower their guard after the news of the Emotet disruption.
With law enforcement taking over the botnet and forcing it to uninstall itself in April, this could amount to a significant disruption that should make it very difficult for Emotet to return.
Notwithstanding all signs pointing to Emotet having a hard time coming back, other disrupted botnets have been able to recover in the past despite concerted effort to take down.