Microsoft further disrupts botnet, after initial efforts showed limited effect

SEATTLE – After Microsoft seized the U.S. servers of a botnet it feared could snarl state and local computer systems to sow distrust of the ongoing presidential election, the software giant now claims the international operations of Trickbot have largely been shut down as well. Security researchers had questioned the effectiveness of Microsoft’s efforts to […]

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