Security News > 2021 > October > TrickBot malware dev extradited to U.S. faces 60 years in prison
A Russian national believed to be a member of the TrickBot malware development team has been extradited to the U.S. and is currently facing charges that could get him 60 years in prison.
He is the second malware developer associated with the TrickBot gang that the Department of Justice arrested this year.
Starting June 2016, the defendant created, modified, and updated code for the TrickBot malware gang, the indictment alleges.
Dates Code description July 2016 - time of the arrest modifying Firefox web browser December 2016 - time of the arrest Machine Query that lets TrickBot determine the description, manufacturer, name, product, serial number, version, and content of the root file directory of an infected machine August 2016 - December 2018 Code that grabs and saves from the web browser its name, ID, type, configuration files, cookies, history, local storage, Flash Local Shared Objects/LSO October 2016 - time of the arrest.
Malware Manager - who outlines the programming needs, manages finances, deploys TrickBot.
Malware Developer - who develops TrickBot modules and hands them to others to encrypt.