Following the news that Microsoft has led an initiative to take down a ransomware threat from Trickbot malware ahead of the forthcoming US elections, David Bicknell, Principal analyst in Technology Thematic Research at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on the development: “Microsoft’s move to take down the Trickbot botnet is welcome, but it is just a skirmish in the continual battle against cyber threats. “The fact that Microsoft and other organizations decided to take coordinated action to shut down Trickbot now, four years after it was first spotted, highlights widespread fears that a ransomware attack […]