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 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 ...