How we can separate botnets from the malware operations that rely on them

As I covered in last week’s newsletter, law enforcement agencies from around the globe have been touting recent botnet disruptions affecting the likes of some of the largest threat actors and malware families.  

Operation Endgame, which Europol touted as the “largest ever operation against botnets,” targeted malware droppers including the IcedID banking trojan, Trickbot ransomware, the Smokeloader malware loader, and more.  

A separate disruption campaign targeted a botnet called “911 S5,” which the FBI said was used to “commit cyber …

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