Microsoft And FBI Team Up To Take Out Dorkbot Botnet

The FBI and Microsoft have teamed up with a number of law enforcement agencies to crack down on a global botnet threat that used a ring of more than 100,000 computers around the world.

The threat, known as Dorkbot, basically installs itself on a user’s computer, allowing hackers to use the malware for a number of different things, including sending spam and stealing information like logins. In fact, usernames and passwords for websites like Netflix, Gmail and PayPal were reportedly particularly targeted by the hackers.

The threat has long evaded law enforcement and first became known as a threat back in 2011. Not only that, but it infects over 100,000 computers every single month and has broken into over a million computers in over 190 countries in the past year alone.

This particular Dorkbot is not to be confused with a tech-focused organization of designers, hackers, engineers and scientists who meet to present lectures and presentations. That particular Dorkbot is of the good kind. For the full article click here 

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