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Police dismantle Gootloader, CastleRAT, StealC malware infrastructure

Europol and law enforcement partners from nine countries have seized hundreds of servers and domains used by the Gootloader, CastleRAT, and StealC malware operations.

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Europol and law enforcement partners from nine countries have seized hundreds of servers and domains used by the Gootloader, CastleRAT, and StealC malware operations. Gootloader is a malware loader active since 2020, StealC is an infostealer that helps exfiltrate credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive information from victims' devices, and CastleRAT is a remote access trojan that surfaced last year. All three malware families have been used by various cybercriminal operations, including ransomware gangs.

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