Tag Archives: Microsoft

Microsoft has won an important court victory in its fight against spammers. A federal judge in Virginia has awarded it ownership of over 270 domains used to host the botnet’s command and control server. When the fight, which Microsoft dubbed …

If spammers are anything, they are persistent, as is the case with Boris Mizhen. Mizhen, along with Dimitri Kovalsky and Muhommad Mohsan-ul Moula were sued by Microsoft this week for creating bogus Hotmail accounts and using them to camouflage their …

Microsoft notched an important legal victory this past week. A court awarded them a restraining order that has effectively cut Waledec off at the knees. The decision was the result of a lawsuit filed on February 22nd and will result …

Microsoft released a security advisory this week about a dangerous vulnerability in the Microsoft Video ActiveX Control (msvidctl.dll), which is used for streaming video. According to the advisory, an attacker who exploits the vulnerability could gain the same rights to an attacked …

A new malware attack is lurking behind emails made to look like Outlook updates sent by Microsoft. The messages look authentic and include a link that looks like it points to update.microsoft.com but actually points to a malicious domain. If …

There are a vast number of different email hygiene solutions on the market today offering protection from viruses, malware, phishing, and spam for customers of all sizes.  Typically these products are built on a combination of several prevention techniques such …

Spamhaus has released its latest list of the top 10 spammer-friendly ISPs and there is one familiar name, Microsoft. That’s right. Microsoft sits in the number 5 spot on the list. Why do spammers like Microsoft? The same reason they …