Microsoft: Trickbot Take-Down Rate Is 94%
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Microsoft said it has disabled 120 out of 128 command and control servers it has identified as part of the Trickbot botnet which the company says equates to a 94% take-down rate. The move follows a push by the Pentagon and a coalition of tech companies to take out the ransomware-purveying botnet ahead of election day and following a string of high-profile ransomware attacks. (Tim Starks / Cyberscoop)
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