US CyberCommand (CyberCom) meddled with Russian-language Trickbot botnet network, used to deliver malware, including ransomware. CyberCom’s goal was to thwart any possible ransomware attacks on selected or strategically important jurisdictions. Microsoft and its partners pursued a legal approach to get at the Trickbot organization, successfully arguing in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia that many of the internet servers used by Trickbot abuse the companys trademarks. Ransomware is one of the largest threats to the upcoming elections, says Microsoft’s Tom Burt.”]