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Hacker 'botnet' hijacked online searches: Microsoft

February 7, 2013 16:45
Software titan Microsoft and computer security giant Symantec said Thursday that they smashed a hacker-infected computer network that was hijacking Internet searches. A Bamital "botnet" raked in an estimated million dollars annually by routing Internet users to websites that generated revenue with bogus online ad "clicks." "The Bamital botnet defrauded the entire online advertising platform, which is what allows the Internet and many online services to be free," Microsoft said in a blog post.

EXCLUSIVE-Microsoft, Symantec disrupt cyber ring, halt searches

February 6, 2013 18:45
(Adds comment from Symantec researcher, paragraphs 22-24) * Microsoft, Symantec seize servers used to run crime ring * Seizure leaves infected PCs unable to search web * Companies push out warnings to PCs infected with Bamital * Companies say Bamital defrauded web advertisers By Jim Finkle

CORRECTED-Software makers disrupt cyber ring, halt searches

February 6, 2013 16:30
(Microsoft corrects title of Richard Boscovich to assistant general counsel, not associate general counsel. Both companies correct estimate of number of machines infected to as many as 1 million, not as many as 600,000.) * Microsoft, Symantec seize servers used to run crime ring * Seizure leaves infected PCs unable to search web * Companies push out warnings to PCs infected with Bamital * Companies say Bamital defrauded web advertisers By Jim Finkle
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