Recent efforts by USCYBERCOM and Microsoft to disrupt the Trickbot botnet highlight the importance of partnerships in successful malware botnet disruption.

Fresh walls erected against privacy-busting web threats

Microsoft and partners went after the botnet using a copyright infringement tactic and hunting down C2 servers.

By Sudais Asif

According to CISA, these Windows flaws are centered around Fortinet FortiOS Secure Socket Layer (SSL) VPN and MobileIron platform.

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Research details how cybercriminals are targeting retail giants’ customers

Bad actors are leveraging legitimate services and tools within Microsoft's productivity suite to launch cyberattacks on COVID-19 stay-at-home workers, new research finds.

Open source tool hunts for active Google IDs, YouTube channels, and other Google-owned services

The attack, which now includes extortion components, has moved into its second week.

The crooks haven't yet been caught and arrested, but their malware distribution network has been hit hard.

Microsoft and security firms ESET, Black Lotus Labs, and Symantec collaborated with the financial services industry to cut off the ransomware operation's C2 infrastructure.