Dorkbot: 5 years since detection

In the half-decade that has lapsed since Dorkbot was first identified, millions of innocent victims, going about their everyday business, have been affected in over 190 countries. It has, quite literally,wormed its malicious way into computer systems throughout the world, showing absolute disregard for anyone caught in its way. The information security industry has been all too aware of this.

Which is why, behind the scenes, professionals have been busy figuring out how to effectively tackle the threat, detected as Win32/Dorkbot. All that hard work finally had a big pay-off and towards the end of 2015, a notable breakthrough was achieved. ESET, along with Microsoft, CERT.PL and numerous law enforcement bodies (FBI, Interpol and Europol) around the world, dealt a bloody blow to this global menace.

Dorkbot: 5 years since detection