(newsinpo.site) -Microsoft said on Wednesday its Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) filed a legal action against Lumma Stealer last week, after it found nearly 400,000 Windows computers globally infected by the information-stealing malware in the past two months.
Lumma has the ability to steal information from multiple browsers and apps, including cryptocurrency wallets, and can also install additional malicious software, according to a company blog post.
Microsoft’s DCU helped in the “takedown, suspension, and blocking of malicious domains that formed the backbone of Lumma’s infrastructure,” via a court order from the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Georgia, the blog said.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that they have confiscated five web domains utilized by hostile cyber operatives for running the LummaC2 data-extraction malware service. The investigation into this matter is being conducted by the FBI’s office in Dallas.
“The growth and resilience of Lumma Stealer highlight the broader evolution of cybercrime and underscores the need for layered defenses and industry collaboration to counter threats,” Microsoft said in a separate blog post on the malware.
(Reporting by Juby Babu in Mexico City; Editing by Alan Barona)
