The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced on Thursday that it has served its first-ever warrant under Canada’s anti-spam law (CASL) to take down a command-and-control server located in Toronto as part of a coordinated international effort.
With this effort, law enforcement agencies from around the globe have disrupted one of the most widely distributed malware families: Win32/Dorkbot, the CRTC said in a statement on Thursday, noting that this malware family has infected more than one million personal computers in over 190 countries.
Win32/Dorkbot spreads through USB flash drives, instant messaging programs and social networks, the CRTC explained in the statement....
As part of this investigation, the CRTC is working in close collaboration with its partners, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Europol, Interpol, Microsoft Inc., the RCMP, Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre.
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www.canadianunderwriter. ··· /?&er=NASo---the anti-spam law has proven useful after all.
