Threat Pulse 62High
Australia's ASD cuts a criminal off from 180,000 Amadey-infected computers
Severity 4ResolvedreportedGovernment

ASD says it got into an Amadey malware backend and cut the operator's control over 180,000 infected computers worldwide; the malware was not removed from the machines.

· 9 days ago · thehackernews.com
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@TheHackersNewsverifiedOct 27, 09:33 UTC

🛑 Australia says it gained access to an Amadey malware operation's backend and cut off a cybercriminal's control over 180,000 infected computers worldwide. The malware wasn't removed, but the operator lost access. Here's what happened:

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@TheRecord_MediaverifiedOct 27, 13:19 UTC

Australia's signals intelligence agency tipped organizations about "potential malicious cyber activity" more than 4,400 times during the year ending in June, with the aim of preventing attacks before they occured

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