translated from Spanish: Microsoft seeks to curb global network of hackers using more than 1 million “zombie” computers

The operation to disable command and control servers from a global botnet that uses an infrastructure known as Trickbot to infect computers with malware began with a court order that Microsoft obtained in federal Virginia court on October 6. The company argued that the criminal network is mis-using the brand.” It is very difficult to say how effective it will be, but we are confident it will have a lasting effect,” said Jean-Ian Boutin, at the helm of the threat tracking area for ESET, one of several cybersecurity firms that partnered with Microsoft to map command and control servers. “We are sure that they will detect it and it will be difficult for them to return to the state of the botnet.” Cybersecurity experts say that while Microsoft’s decision to obtain an order from a U.S. federal court to persuade internet service providers to disable botnet servers is somewhat laudable, it will hardly succeed given that many will not comply. Paul Vixie of Farsight Security said via email that “experience tells me it won’t scale, there are too many IP addresses behind national borders unwilling to collaborate.” The announcement came following the release of a Washington Post article Friday about a considerable — but in the unsuccessful end — effort by the U.S. Armed Forces Cyber command to disable Trickbot from last month through direct attacks rather than asking Internet service providers to reject the management of domains used by command and control servers.

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