Cybersecurity
Botnet Fights Back After Microsoft’s Election Security Takedown
- Microsoft disabled much of Trickbot malware’s infrastructure
- Stifling hackers’ network ahead of vote seen as a victory
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A week after Microsoft Corp. led a global attack against one of the world’s most prolific malware groups, the company says it’s winning an ongoing battle to temporarily destabilize the malicious botnet ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
When Microsoft and its coalition of partners attacked the infrastructure supporting the popular Trickbot malware, they identified 69 servers and routers hosting the botnet around the world. As of Oct. 18, they’d compromised 62 of them, according to a Microsoft statement. A botnet is a network of computers infected with malware.