Huge cybercrime news here. Authorities say "Operation Endgame" has disrupted six types of botnets/loaders/cybercrime infrastructure: IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, Smokeloader, Bumblebee and Trickbot. To put this into context, these malware programs are some of the most common ones that end up infecting machines at businesses, schools, governments and health care organisations. They can steal login credentials from infected machines, and then they're often used to install other malware, such as ransomware. They're distributed on an industrial scale by long-known crime gangs in spam and via other means, causing economic loss, data breaches and much more. Four people were arrested, 100 servers were taken down and 2,000 domains were seized. Additionally, Troy Hunt writes that some 16.5M email addresses and 13.5M unique passwords that were stolen by these malware applications have now been loaded into Have I Been Pwned. This is a really important facet, as it means users who are registered with HIPB will get notified if their email is in the malware data. Intel 471 will be monitoring. #infosec
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/largest-ever-operation-against-botnets-hits-dropper-malware-ecosystem
