Microsoft has obtained a court order and carried out a technical action to counter Trickbot, a botnet known for distributing ransomware, to protect election infrastructure, government agencies, health care facilities, financial service institutions and businesses from ransomware attacks.

The Cyber Threat Alliance has partnered with the Center for Internet Security to launch joint efforts focused on threat intelligence and leverage the latter's Department of Homeland Security-funded cybersecurity facilities.

Scott Spitzer, formerly lead of strategic programs and the Department of Homeland Security's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation initiative at Symantec, has joined ServiceNow as business development and strategic programs director for civilian agencies, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday.

The Texas Department of Information Resources has awarded Carahsoft Technology a contract to supply information technology products and services to the state's public sector entities to support educational IT efforts.

Greg Amori, former director of civilian and Mid-Atlantic business operations at ForeScout Technologies, has joined artificial intelligence-based software provider C3.ai as group vice president for civilian agency sales, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Thursday.