Microsoft and federal law enforcement agents have taken down the Rustock botnet, which had about a million infected computers under its control. The botnet was officially considered offline on Wednesday, according to Microsoft. A botnet consists of an infrastructure of computers that have been hacked to send out large amounts of spam. The takedown of Rustock was known as “operation b107.” It is the second large-scale takedown of a botnet for the joint effort of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft Active Response for Security and law enforcement.
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Microsoft Beheads Rustock
Posted by: Rob Spiegel March 18, 2011 03:26 PMMicrosoft and federal law enforcement agents have taken down the Rustock botnet, which had about a million infected computers under its control. The botnet was officially considered offline on Wednesday, according to Microsoft. A botnet consists of an infrastructure of computers that have been hacked to send out large amounts of spam. The takedown of Rustock was known as “operation b107.” It is the second large-scale takedown of a botnet for the joint effort of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft Active Response for Security and law enforcement.