IT Sec News updates – Malware Attacks

Krebs on Security

… malware. Dubbed “the largest ever operation against botnets,” the international effort is being billed as the opening salvo in an ongoing campaign …

Reuters

Malware allows cybercriminals to secretly connect to people's computers for malicious purposes. One of the main suspects earned at least 69 …

Reuters

… operation on charges of creating and using malware that was used in cyber attacks, large-scale fraud and child exploitation.

The Record

Europol and other authorities said they disrupted malware families such as IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, SmokeLoader, Bumblebee and Trickbot.

DW

Malware is the name given to any software that allows cybercriminals to secretly connect with peoples' computers for malicious purposes. Besides …

WTVB

… disrupted in an internationally coordinated operation targeting the cyber infrastructure used for malware, Europol said on Thursday. Carried out…

Al Jazeera

Chinese man arrested for allegedly running 'largest ever' malware network. US officials say army of 19 million infected computers enabled fraud, …

Europol – European Union

The malware, whose infrastructure was taken down during the action days, facilitated attacks with ransomware and other malicious software. Following …

Euronews.com

Police arrested four people and took down 100 servers across Europe and North America in what Europol said was the biggest sweep against malware …

WKZO

… in an international operation on charges of creating and using malware that was used in cyber attacks, large-scale fraud and child exploitation…