Several malware droppers were taken down or disrupted.
Europol has taken down a number of malware droppers as part actions focused on disrupting criminal services.
According to a statement, the ‘Operation Endgame’ global effort targeted and took down IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, Smokeloader, Bumblebee and Trickbot via arrests, taking down criminal infrastructures and freezing illegal proceeds.
In total, there were four arrests in Ukraine and Armenia, 16 location searches across Europe, and over 100 servers taken down or disrupted.
Also, more than 2,000 domains are now under the control of law enforcement
Following the action, eight fugitives linked to these criminal activities have been added to Europe’s Most Wanted list.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
