Microsoft and other security vendors interrupted criminal actions from a botnet called Zloader, which operates a global malware-as-a-service operation that hijacks computers for theft and extortion, including the distribution of Ryuk ransomware in hospitals, schools, and homes. Zloader normally used financial theft operations (stealing online ID’s and passwords) in order to take funds from victims accounts. In order to resolve this issue Microsoft obtained a court order, allowing them to take down 65 domains used by Zloader and redirect them to a sinkhole which keeps botnets from operating compromised devices.
https://thehackernews.com/2022/04/microsoft-disrupts-zloader-cybercrime.html
Christopher Clayton
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