Continuing its legal assault on botnet operators and the hosting companies that the criminals use for their activities, Microsoft has announced new actions against a group of people it contends are ...

You’d think a nefarious slice of software designed to frustrate a practice plenty of us dislike — web ads — might engender cheers and well wishes. But no, the ZeroAccess botnet is hardly so noble: a ...

Microsoft announced legal action Monday seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie computers to loot bank accounts and spread ransomware, which experts ...

Microsoft said it led the effort to take down Necurs, a malware botnet that infected more than 9 million computers globally, working with partners in 35 countries including cybersecurity ratings ...

TL;DR: On October 24, 2025, Microsoft Azure in Australia faced the largest recorded DDoS attack, peaking at 15.72 Tbps from the Aisuru botnet. Azure's automatic DDoS Protection successfully mitigated ...

Microsoft Corp. said it has disrupted a "rampant botnet" responsible for infecting more than 2 million computers. Microsoft Corp. said it has disrupted a "rampant botnet" responsible for infecting ...

Federal authorities, along with the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center and other private-sector partners, say they have shut down more than 1 ...

Cryptocurrency and blockchain project databases with weak credentials and AI-generated are being hacked through deployment ...

Carlos Morales is SVP and GM, DDoS and Application Security, DigiCert. Many of you probably unwrapped a smart device this ...