The Tech-Riese Microsoft says that it has taken legal steps against the data stealing malware lumma stealer and blocked hundreds of internet sites with the software.
In a blog post dated May 21, Microsoft said that a Federal Supreme Court in Georgia enabled the corporate Department to remove, block or suspend almost 2,300 web sites for lumma business, and it has worked with local and international law enforcement authorities to scale back the infrastructure of the project.
The company said that the US Ministry of Justice confiscated Lumma's central command structure and disrupted marketplaces where the tool was sold to other cybercriminals.
According to Microsoft, Lumma has been sold over Underground forums since 2022 and has been subjected to several upgrades since its start.
Domains confiscated by Microsoft. Source: Microsoft Blog
The European Cyber ​​Criminal Center Eurols and the Japanese cybercrime Control Center also made it easier to suspend the locally based lumma infrastructure.
Lumma is a malware tool with which malicious actors can steal the whole lot from passwords, bank card information, checking account -dails and crypto letter pocket information.
Between March 16 and May 16, Microsoft announced that over 394,000 Windows computers, which were infected by the Lumma malware, identified and worked with law enforcement authorities and cyber security firms as a way to subdivide the communication between the tool and the infected devices.
Malicious activities on the advance
Krypto drainers are software that steal the content of crypto letters and are common at phishing locations, malicious extensions, fake air drops and far more.
At the start of this week, the Chinese printer manufacturer Procolored reported along with its official drivers, Bitcoin theft malware, which led to crypto value around 953,000.
Last month, an AMLBot report states that Crypto Drainer is now being sold as a SaaS product, in order that uncomplicated bad actors can rent the service for less than $ 100.
In a report by the blockchain analytics company Chainalysis on February seventh it says that crypto value almost $ 51 billion was lost in 2024 attributable to fraudulent activities and that skilled crime networks, fraud cartels, the main target are the main target of cheating boxes sponsored by nation states.
The FBI's cyber arm reported that the Americans lost around 9.3 billion US dollars in 2024 in 2024 by fraud and fraud. The most endangered age group was over the age of 60.
In the meantime, North Korean hackers have stolen cryptocurrencies value almost 3 billion US dollars between 2017 and 2023, which has turn out to be more demanding over time.
