An AWOL US Army soldier is accused of stealing Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s identity and using it attempt to steal money from Allen’s Citibank account. Court documents alleged that Brandon Price, 30, impersonated Allen on the phone and convinced a Citibank employee to send him a debit card in Allen’s…
Hacker ‘command’ servers seized in US: Microsoft
Microsoft on Monday said that cyber crime "command" servers in two US states were seized in an ongoing campaign to sever online crooks from infected computers used as virtual henchmen. View full post on politics hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft disrupts massive Zeus malware ring
Working with partners in the financial services industry, Microsoft has spearheaded the seizure of several servers used to spread the infamous Zeus banking malware. The coordinated action is part of the software giant’s push to disrupt the cybercrime infrastructure supporting worldwide fraud and identity theft. In a press release issued…
Microsoft, U.S. Marshals Raid Offices in Botnet Probe
Microsoft employees, accompanied by United States marshals, raided two nondescript office buildings in Pennsylvania and Illinois, aiming to disrupt one of the most pernicious forms of online crime today — botnets, or groups of computers that help harvest bank account passwords and other personal information from millions of other computers….
Microsoft strikes at Zeus botnets
Microsoft has struck again at malware operators and cybercriminals, this times raiding data centers in Pennsylvania and Illinois to seieze command and control servers and domain names allegedly used to control multiple Zeus botnets. Microsoft coordinated the raid in a manner similar to the company’s successful takedown of the Rustok…
Wrath of the Titans: Microsoft, U.S. Feds Slay Godly “Zeus” Botnets
Print 5 comment(s) – last by wordsworm.. on Mar 27 at 12:01 AM (Source: Universal Pictures) Zeus malware was long untouchable, infected 3m+ in U.S. alone In the era of organized cybercrime, one of the most dangerous threats to arise in recent years was “Zeus”. A malware program named after…
Microsoft Aids Authorities By Hacking Web Hackers
(CNN) — It sounds like something out of a crime drama: Microsoft, escorted by U.S. Marshals, raided two web-hosting companies Friday. Normally it's the feds who raid the bad guys, but in this case, Microsoft received a warrant against a cyber Mafia crime ring to seize control of servers and…
Microsoft disrupts servers used by feared Zeus bank Trojan
In the most significant cybercrime bust of the year so far, Microsoft and US banking organisations say they have disrupted a number of the most active botnets that have been attacking online banking customers across the world with impunity using the Zeus crimeware. On 19 March, the company filed a…
Microsoft hits Zeus botnet cybercrime servers and domains
Microsoft and several of its partners have disrupted a number of cybercrime rings that used the Zeus malware to steal an estimated $100 million over the last five years. The company said a consolidated legal case has been filed in the US against those allegedly responsible that for the first…
Hacker ‘command’ servers seized in US: Microsoft
Microsoft on Monday said that cyber crime “command” servers in two US states were seized in an ongoing campaign to sever online crooks from infected computers used as virtual henchmen. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security