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US Charges NetWalker Ransomware Affiliate, Seizes Ransom Payments The U.S. Justice Department announced today the disruption of the Netwalker ransomware operation and the indictment of a Canadian national for alleged involvement in the file-encrypting extortion attacks. Earlier today, BleepingComputer reported that law enforcement in the U.S. and Bulgaria seized Netwalker sites on the dark web used for
Otter Enables Transcription For Google Meet With New Chrome Extension Speech to text transcription service Otter.ai has seen heavy use during 2020 and the rise of video conferencing tools Zoom and Teams. In the last year, Otter launched Otter Live Video Meeting Notes for Teams and Zoom Pro subscribers or higher, and live transcription for Zoom. Otter.ai can now transcribe Google Meet calls
Europol: Emotet Malware Will Uninstall Itself On March 25th Law enforcement has started to distribute an Emotet module to infected devices that will uninstall the malware on March 25th, 2021. Today, Europol announced the disruption of the infamous Emotet email spamming botnet used to distribute malicious Word spam attachments that install malware such as TrickBot and Qbot. These attacks usually
Netwalker Ransomware Dark Web Sites Seized By Law Enforcement The dark web websites associated with the Netwalker ransomware operation have been seized by law enforcement from the USA and Bulgaria. Netwalker is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation that began operating in late 2019, where affiliates are enlisted to distribute the ransomware and infect victims in return for a 60-75% share