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TrickBot, once one of the most active botnets on the internet and a primary delivery vehicle for ransomware, is no longer making new victims. However, there are signs its operators are transitioning the already infected computers to other botnets, including Emotet.
“Our team assesses with high confidence that Trickbot operators are working closely with the operators of Emotet,” researchers from security firm Intel 471 said in a new report. “There is clear evidence of this relationship, for example, the resurrection of Emotet began with Trickbot.”