Microsoft has taken coordinated legal and technical action to disrupt Necurs, one of the largest botnets in the world. The disruption will help ensure that the cybercriminals behind Necurs will not be able to use major parts of the infrastructure to carry out cyberattacks, the company says. The criminals behind the Necurs botnet use the botnet for phishing campaigns, pump-and-dump stock scams and dating scams. Microsoft says it observed one Necurs-infected computer send 3.8 million spam mails to more than 40.6 million targets over a 58-day period.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/microsoft-disrupts-necurs-botnet-a-13924