Category Nitol

botnets, Citizenship, Digital Crimes Unit, Nitol

Daily Update, Oct. 2nd – Taking the Wraps off of WE Day Seattle & a Nitol Botnet Update

Two big stories out of Microsoft today:
· Today, in front of 2,000 students and teachers at Federal Way High School in Washington state, Microsoft General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Legal & Corporate Affairs Brad Smith joined Fr...

Brady Phenicie
October 2, 2012

botnets, Digital Crimes Unit, Kelihos, Nitol, Rustock

Microsoft Reaches Settlement with Defendants in Nitol Case

Two weeks ago, I wrote about how a Microsoft study looking into unsecure supply chains led to the discovery of the emerging Nitol botnet, which was hosted by the 3322.org domain. In order to address this threat, Microsoft filed suit to take control of ...

Brady Phenicie
October 2, 2012