Banking malware Shylock's servers knocked out by law enforcement

A notorious strain of banking malware, known as Caphaw – or Shylock, due to snippets of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice embedded in its code – has seen its command and control servers shut down in a major international police operation involving law enforcement from eight countries.

The British National Crime Agency (NCA) claims that the malware infected 10,000 PCs in Britain alone, and 30,000 worldwide, with victims in America among other countries.

Banking malware Shylock's servers knocked out by law enforcement