![]() ![]() District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a court order allowing Microsoft, Fortra, and Health-ISAC to disrupt the malicious infrastructure used by criminals to facilitate their attacks. ![]() Here's what that court granted, according to the announcement: Microsoft's and Fortra's efforts, in conjunction with the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center ( Health-ISAC), has led to a legal action, permitting the takedown of the infrastructure that's used by cybercriminals. "Instead of disrupting the command and control of a malware family, this time, we are working with Fortra to remove illegal, legacy copies of Cobalt Strike so they can no longer be used by cybercriminals," Microsoft's announcement noted. Microsoft and Fortra are taking a somewhat different legal approach against ransomware perpetrators by not just reacting to the attacks, but also working to remove the use of the cracked and abused software. They've also "abused" Microsoft's application programming interfaces (APIs) for these attacks. Ransomware attackers have been using cracked older copies of Fortra's Cobalt Strike red-team command and control attack simulation software in actual attacks, hitting institutions like hospitals and government agencies. Microsoft and Fortra are using licensing agreements and copyright laws to thwart ransomware attacks, according to a Thursday Microsoft announcement. ![]()
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