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FBI Uses Malware’s Own ‘Self-Delete’ Trick to Erase Chinese PlugX From US Computers
Law enforcement turns the PlugX malware’s own self-delete mechanism against it, nuking the China-linked trojan from thousands ...
FBI Confirms It Deleted Files From 4,258 U.S.-Based Computers
More than 4,000 U.S. computers and networks have had malware files deleted by the FBI, which said it did not collect other ...
FBI erases China-sponsored malware from thousands of U.S. computers
Federal authorities announced Tuesday that they have erased Chinese malware from thousands of computers across the United ...
The FBI Says It Made Malware Delete Itself From American’s Computers
To retrieve information from and send commands to the hacked machines, the malware connects to a command-and-control server ...
The Hacker News6h
FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of ...
CSOonline13h
International effort erases PlugX malware from thousands of Windows computers
The US has again taken court-approved action to remove malware from privately-held internet-connected computers across the ...
DOJ confirms FBI operation that mass-deleted Chinese malware from thousands of US computers
The FBI says it was authorized to mass-remove “PlugX” malware from more than 4,000 compromised machines in the United States ...
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FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America
Zài jiàn! The FBI, working with French cops, obtained nine warrants to remotely wipe PlugX malware from thousands of ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com7h
Chinese PlugX Malware Deleted in Global Law Enforcement Operation
The FBI deleted Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of devices in the US, using a technique developed by French ...
Security Boulevard2h
FBI Deletes PlugX Malware From Computers Infected by China Group
A Chinese-based threat group called Mustang Panda was using a variant of the PlugX malware to infected U.S. Windows computers and steal information. The FBI, with help from French authorities and a ...
FBI deletes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of US computers
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that the FBI has deleted Chinese PlugX malware from over 4,200 computers in ...
Bitdefender8h
FBI Pulls the Plug on PlugX Malware, Removing it From Thousands of Devices
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the FBI jointly announced yesterday a successful operation leading to the removal of ...