"Microsoft And Partners Cut Off Key Trickbot Botnet Infrastructure"

A coalition of tech companies headed by Microsoft has struck a serious blow against the adversaries behind the Trickbot botnet.  The researchers disrupted Trickbot through a court order they obtained and the technical action they executed in partnership with telecommunication providers worldwide.  They were able to successfully cut off key infrastructure, so those operating Trickbot will no longer be able to initiate new infections or activate ransomware already dropped onto computer systems.  

Help Net Security reports: "Microsoft And Partners Cut Off Key Trickbot Botnet Infrastructure"