An anti-cybercrime operation by Interpol and investigators from seven southeast Asian nations revealed nearly 9,000 malware-laden servers and hundreds of compromised websites in the ASEAN region, Interpol said on Monday.Various types of malware, such as that targeting financial institutions, spreading ransomware, launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and distributing spam were among the threats posed by the infected servers, the operation showed.”This operation helped participants identify and address various types of cybercrime whoch had not previously been tackled in their countries,” said Francis Chan, head of the Hong Kong Police Force’s cybercrime unit and chairman of Interpol’s Eurasian cybercrime working group.Experts from seven private firms also participated in the operation run out of the Singapore-based Interpol Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI), with China providing some cyber intelligence, the international police body said on its website. (bit.ly/2psc5TG)
Källa: Interpol-led operation finds nearly 9,000 infected servers in Southeast Asia | Reuters
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