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Faculty of Science and Information Technology => Science and Information => Topic started by: tamim_saif on November 23, 2013, 11:18:43 PM
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Microsoft's digital-crimes unit has helped take down or disrupt seven botnets tied to criminal organizations in recent years.
Botnets are networks of virus-infected computers remotely controlled by cybercriminals. A botnet could surreptitiously control an infected device to use, for example, for harvesting personal information, sending out spam messages, taking screenshots or promoting websites that exploit children.
Among those that Microsoft has helped disrupt are the Citadel botnets, which enabled a cybercrime ring to access half a billion dollars after stealing online-banking information and personal identities, and the Nitol botnet, which could lurk in brand new computers.
The Nitol botnet illustrated how cybercriminals are preloading some PC hardware from unsecured supply chains with infected counterfeit software, according to Microsoft.
source: internet