Computerworld

Researchers question Microsoft’s botnet take-down

A prominent security researcher today said he doubts Microsoft’s take-down of the Waledac botnet would have any impact on spam levels, as the company claimed. “Waledac just is not a hugely prolific ...
Computerworld

Microsoft to target other botnets with legal weapon

Microsoft has several other botnets in its crosshairs, and believes it can use the same legal tactic against them that it deployed last week to strike at the Waledac botnet’s command-and-control ...
ZDNet

Microsoft orchestrates coordinated takedown of Necurs botnet

This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, offers a detailed look at how to build risk management policies to protect your critical digital assets. Read now Microsoft ...
CRN

Microsoft Disrupts ZLoader Botnet After Getting Court Order

‘Our disruption is intended to disable ZLoader’s infrastructure and make it more difficult for this organized criminal gang to continue their activities,’ Microsoft says in a blog post. Microsoft took ...
Government Technology

Microsoft vs. Botnet: The Battle Rages Ahead of Election

(TNS) — A week after Microsoft Corp. led a global attack against one of the world's most prolific malware groups, the company says it's winning an ongoing battle to temporarily destabilize the ...
Yahoo

Microsoft Disrupts Russian Botnet That Could Have Sowed ‘Chaos and Distrust’ in US Election

Microsoft on Monday said it had used a federal court order to break up a Russian botnet that could’ve disrupted the upcoming U.S. election by installing ransomware on government computer systems. The ...
Neowin

Microsoft disrupts Necurs botnet that infected nine million computers globally

Microsoft revealed today the actions it had taken together with partners from 35 countries to take down a botnet responsible for infecting more than nine million computers worldwide. The Necurs botnet ...
Network World

Microsoft takes down another botnet, Nitol

For the fifth time in three years Microsoft has stepped in to take down a botnet, this time malware called Nitol that was infecting new machines bought in China. A U.S. court has allowed the company ...
Game Rant

Microsoft is Fighting Back Against a Malware Botnet

For the last four years, Microsoft has been combating the actions of an infamous botnet called Trickbot, one of the world's leading distributors of ransomware. Unlike the usual public match gaming ...
ZDNet

Microsoft: This botnet is growing fast and hunting for servers with weak passwords

Microsoft has seen a 254% increase in activity over the past few months from XorDDoS, a roughly eight-year-old network of infected Linux machines that is used for distributed denial of service (DDoS) ...
The New York Times

A Botnet Is Taken Down in an Operation by Microsoft, Not the Government

Employees had tracked the group, believed to be based in Russia, as it hijacked nine million computers around the world to send spam emails meant to defraud unsuspecting victims. By David E. Sanger ...