Last week Europol’s European Cybercrime Center led the takedown of a network of computers controlled by cybercriminals. Microsoft played an important role, taking legal action that led to the seizure of servers in four countries — servers that were the command and control centers for millions of infected computers worldwide.
These armies of infected computers are known as botnets. They’re computers infected with malware that turns the devices against their owners to steal banking credentials and crash websites. It’s been a silent problem. Until now.
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These armies of infected computers are known as botnets. They’re computers infected with malware that turns the devices against their owners to steal banking credentials and crash websites. It’s been a silent problem. Until now.
more here........http://kuow.org/post/listen-sound-botnets-helps-microsoft-fight-cybercrime