When Microsoft had an important role to deactivate the largest botnet in the world, known as Rustock, we imagine that the story would end there. However, the company continues with investigations on the subject. On Monday, the company issued a document that claims to have found hundreds of thousands of email addresses used for spam.
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In total, tells Computerworld, Microsoft has found no less than 427 000 e-mail. Details: In just a hard drive of a machine that only served Rustock network. These addresses were in plain text in a single file, according to information that MS paid for an American judge.
Off in March this year, Rustock demanded a true collaboration between Microsoft, the drug company Pfizer and federal agents from the United States. People were arrested and machines were seized, and deactivates the communication channel between Rustock and zombie PCs.
Investigators from the task force has found evidence that cybercriminals used fake credit cards to hire services of web hosting and email. Only it was not clear if they were given to PSN users, who were adrift after Sony pulled out all the air system.
