Microsoft and partners take out Zeus botnet
Microsoft has dealt a huge blow to cybercrime groups that have been using the Zeus malware program to carry out online fraud and identity theft.
Working with financial officials and security partners, Microsoft received court backing from a New York judge to carry out seizures of command and control servers running some of the worst known Zeus botnets.
The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York blessed the operation after Microsoft and its partners lodged a plea to seize the computers and filed a suit against 39 as-yet-unnamed defendants who bear nicknames such as Slavik, zebra7753, iceIX, Veggi Roma, susanneon, JabberZeus Crew, and h4x0rdz.
