Neowin News Feed for: Rustock

Microsoft helps feds take down GameOver Zeus botnet

Shreyas Gandhe — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Continuing its fight against botnets, Microsoft has helped the FBI take down the GameOver Zeus botnet, which was one of the most active banking trojan of 2013 affecting thousands of computers. Read more...

Microsoft took down Rustock botnet thanks to 67 year old counterfeit law

John Callaham — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:29:05 +0000

Microsoft revealed this week that one of the many criminal botnets it has helped to shut down, the Rustock botnet, was accomplished because it was violating a 67 year old counterfeit law. Read more...

FBI gets Rustock botnet case from Microsoft

John Callaham — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:13:12 +0000

The FBI is getting info from Microsoft to help them go after the person allegedly in charge of the Rustock botnet that had infected millions of PCs all over the world earlier this year. Read more...

Microsoft offers $250K for information on Rustock botnet

Brad Sams — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:42:33 +0000

Microsoft has been diligently pursing the Rustock botnet and earlier this year they took down the Rustock botnet which was responsible for as many as 30 billion spam messages per day. It was yet another... Read more...

Microsoft details Rustock takedown efforts

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:15:04 +0000

Last March, Microsoft decided to lead a takedown on the massive Rustock botnet which had infected millions of PCs all over the world. The takedown efforts included having Microsoft and law enforcement representatives physically seize... Read more...

427k email addresses found on a Rustock botnet harddrive

Tom Dwyer — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:35:25 +0000

Microsoft has been known in the past in dealing with the takedown of certain botnets. Earlier this year they took down the Rustock botnet which was responsible for as many as 30 billion spam messages... Read more...

Microsoft takes down Rustock botnet, seizes equipment and files suit

Tzvi Friedman — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:37:38 +0000

Microsoft has unleashed its legal dragnet in an attempt to take down the Rustock botnet. According to WSJ, the botnet, which consists of approximately 150,000 computers around the globe, is capable of sending 30 billion... Read more...