H-ISAC, Microsoft and Fortra fight ransomware in court

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a court order on March 31 allowing Microsoft, Fortra and the Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center to remove illegal copies of Cobalt Strike so they can no longer be used by ransomware-as-a-service operations, such as Conti and LockBit.

WHY IT MATTERS

Legacy copies of Fortra's Cobalt Strike, as well as Microsoft software, have been abused by cybercriminals in their efforts to distribute malware, including ransomware, according to …