Microsoft teams up with the FBI to disrupt ZeroAccess virus
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 12/09/2013 05:14 PM
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Microsoft has teamed up with the FBI in a renewed attempt to disrupt the operations of the infamous ZeroAccess botnet.
Now Microsoft, the FBI and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), with tech firms such as A10 Networks, launched a further attack this week.
"Microsoft expects that this action will significantly disrupt the botnet’s operation, and is already working with ecosystem partners around the world to notify people if their computer is infected and will be making this information available through its Cyber Threat Intelligence Program (C-TIP)," Microsoft said in a statement.
"Because of the sophistication of the threat, Microsoft and its partners do not expect to fully eliminate the ZeroAccess botnet. However, we do expect this legal and technical action will significantly disrupt the botnet’s operation by disrupting the cybercriminals’ business model and forcing them to rebuild their criminal infrastructure, as well as preventing victims’ computers from committing the fraudulent schemes," it said
A blog post by Richard Domingues Boscovich explains the ZeroAccess botnet takedown and can be found here.
Now Microsoft, the FBI and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), with tech firms such as A10 Networks, launched a further attack this week.
"Microsoft expects that this action will significantly disrupt the botnet’s operation, and is already working with ecosystem partners around the world to notify people if their computer is infected and will be making this information available through its Cyber Threat Intelligence Program (C-TIP)," Microsoft said in a statement.
"Because of the sophistication of the threat, Microsoft and its partners do not expect to fully eliminate the ZeroAccess botnet. However, we do expect this legal and technical action will significantly disrupt the botnet’s operation by disrupting the cybercriminals’ business model and forcing them to rebuild their criminal infrastructure, as well as preventing victims’ computers from committing the fraudulent schemes," it said
A blog post by Richard Domingues Boscovich explains the ZeroAccess botnet takedown and can be found here.
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