Microsoft, Fortra go after Cobalt Strike-abusing gangs

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Microsoft, Fortra are this fed up with cyber-gangs abusing Cobalt Strike

Microsoft and Fortra are taking legal and technical actions to thwart cyber-criminals from using the latter company's Cobalt Strike software to distribute malware.

against multiple groups known to have used older and altered versions of Cobalt Strike in dozens of ransomware attacks.allowing Microsoft and Fortra to take down IP addresses that are hosting cracked versions of Cobalt Strike and seize the domain names. They also can notify ISPs and computer emergency readiness teams to help take the infrastructure offline and cut off connections with the victims' computers.

"This is a change in the way DCU has worked in the past – the scope is greater, and the operation is more complex," Hogan-Burney wrote in a

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