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The law enforcement agencies behind this week s disruption - dubbed “Operation Ladybird” - of Emotet are helping victims by pushing out an update via the botnet’s infrastructure that will disconnect their devices from the malicious network.
Europol describes Emotet as “one of the most professional and long-lasting cybercrime services.” Its operators used the botnet to gain entry into organizations worldwide and then sold that access to other cybercrime gangs, who used it for their own nefarious purposes, such as delivering ransomware and banking Trojans, according to Europol and security researchers. What makes this takedown interesting is how Europol managed to push out an updated botnet to infected hosts, redirecting them away from the malicious infrastructure,” says Marc Laliberte, senior security analyst at the security firm WatchGuard Technologies. “Instead of only taking down the servers responsible for distributing the malware, international l