• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Technologous - Managed IT Solutions Bryan/College Station

  • Home
  • About
    • Areas We Serve
    • Our Leadership
      • Chris Dawson
      • Ian Soares
  • IT Services
    • Managed IT
    • Support IT
    • Cloud IT
  • Blog
  • Request a Consultation
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Blog / An effort is Underway To Take Down Trickbot Malware

An effort is Underway To Take Down Trickbot Malware

Coordinated Effort Underway To Take Down Trickbot Malware

An Effort is Underway To Take Down Trickbot Malware. A team led by Microsoft’s DCU (Digital Crimes Unit), which includes Symantec, NTT Ltd, ESET, and Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, works on something new. They have launched a sustained, coordinated attack on Trickbot’s infrastructure in a bid to destroy it, preventing the hackers who control it from making and launching new campaigns against servers around the world.

Microsoft fired the opening shots in the campaign against the group, securing permission from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to take out 19 IP addresses that Trickbot’s Malware handlers used to control infected computers.

While the initial salvo certainly got the hackers’ attention, the hackers move quickly to rebuild their infrastructure. In a twist that Microsoft’s coalition wasn’t looking for, the hackers reach out to their partners, who control the Emotet botnet and got their assistance as well, with Emotet’s bots programming to attack using Trickbot Malware.

Bolstered by Emotet’s vast botnet, Trickbot’s malware controllers hit back fast and hard, launching a series of new attacks against a wide range of targets, and for a time, the outcome of the campaign was very much in doubt. Microsoft, however, has vast resources, and they kept the pressure on.

An update, posted on October 18, reads in part, as follows:

“As of October 18, we’ve worked with partners around the world to eliminate 94 percent of Trickbot’s critical operational infrastructure, including both the command-and-control servers in use at the time our action began and new infrastructure Trickbot, has attempted to bring online.”

For now, at least, the Trickbot malware battle appears to be mostly over, and the good guys won. You can bet, however, that the hackers will regroup and return. As crucial as Microsoft’s victory was here, it is only a temporary one. Still, a bit of excellent news, indeed.

October 29, 2020 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Trickbot Malware

Primary Sidebar

GET OUR BLOG IN YOUR EMAIL!

Archives

  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • August 2018

Tags

adobe android App Apple attack Attacks Breach Browser Chrome Credit Card Dark Web Data Database Data Breach Email Facebook Firefox gmail Google Google Chrome government hacker Hackers information Intel iOS iPhone malware Microsoft Microsoft Windows 10 office 365 pandemic Password Passwords patch Phishing ransomeware Ransomware security Social Media Update Vulnerability Wifi Windows Windows 10

Footer

Contact Us

Address: 3091 University Drive, Unit 210, Bryan, Texas 77802
Phone: 979-217-1226

Our Blog

  • Rise In PC Hardware Sales Blamed on Pandemic February 26, 2021
  • DuckDuckGo Search Engine Sees Huge Growth January 28, 2021
  • Malware Is Android’s Worst Nightmare January 27, 2021
  • Ubiquiti Customer Data Breach January 25, 2021
  • Malware Targets Macs And Is Hard To Detect January 23, 2021

Search

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Home
  • About
  • Resources
  • Contact
  • Our Leadership
  • Why Choose Us?
  • IT Services
  • Request a Consultation

Copyright © 2021| All Rights Reserved | Powered By Technologous, LLC | Log in