TrickBot is a malware network that is often described as one of the world’s largest with at least a million PCs. It is once again in the news. Earlier this month, the botnet was the focus of two independent efforts to take it down: from an industry group led by Microsoft and from the US Cyber Command. The TrickBot attempted takedown is just a sign of things to come. What is interesting is how the private and public sector has worked in tandem, using new strategies such as copyright violations and military-grade operations. I go into the details in