Microsoft Leads Sting Operation Against Zeus Botnets

wiredmikey writes "Microsoft, in what it called its 'most complex effort to disrupt botnets to date,' and in collaboration with partners from the financial services industry, has successfully taken down operations that fuel a number of botnets that make up the notorious Zeus family of malware. In what Microsoft is calling 'Operation b71,' Microsoft and its co-plaintiffs, escorted by U.S. Marshals, seized command and control (C&C) servers in two hosting locations on March 23 in Scranton, Pennsylvania and Lombard, Illinois. The move was to seize and preserve data and evidence from the botnets for the case. In addition to seizing the C&C servers, the group took down two IP addresses behind the Zeus command and control structure, and secured 800 domains that Microsoft is now monitoring and using to help identify computers infected by Zeus."

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As a linux fanboi it sticks in my throat but..

[Chrisq]

As a linux fanboi it sticks in my throat but well done Microsoft.

Re:As a linux fanboi it sticks in my throat but..

[Anonymous Coward]

I could've written your post myself. I'm no M$ fan, but kudos to them on this one. Now cue the usual Slashdot mob, who'll defend the bot herders, bash Windows security (NO operating system is secure when run a by a person hell-bent & determined to fuck up his own computer) all corporations, and the United States in general...

Re:As a linux fanboi it sticks in my throat but..

[hjf]

With that attitude, why do you shower? you're going to get dirty again. why do you eat? You'll get hungry again. Why do you live? Kill yourself now, you're going to die anyway.