Last September, in partnership with Microsofts Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), SurfNET and Kyrus Tech, Inc., SurfNET. Kaspersky Lab successfully disabled the dangerous Hlux/Kelihos botnet by sinkholing the infected machines to a host under our control. A few months later, researchers stumbled upon a new version of the malware with significant changes in the communication protocol and new features like flash-drive infection, bitcoin-mining wallet theft.”]