Google's Legal Victory Disrupts CryptBot Malware and Protects Chrome Users

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Google has disrupted the infrastructure of CryptBot malware, which has stolen sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of browser users in the past year. The malware is typically distributed by spoofed websites offering free downloads and steals sensitive information like passwords, cookies, cryptocurrency wallets, and credit card information. Google filed a legal complaint against CryptBot's major distributors and secured a temporary court order to hamper the developers' ability to spread the malware. The order allows Google to take down current and future domains linked to the distribution of CryptBot.
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