Microsoft has Monday twenty domains from No-IP, a commonly used ddns provider, offline. According to the company, it would constitute an important part of a large botnet. No-IP speaks of a draconian measure.
Microsoft makes on his blog known that the No-IP responsible for the domains that the Bladabindi and Jenxcus malware, and creating and maintaining a botnet, to distribute. The total of 23 unknown domains were responsible for 93 percent of all known Bladabindi and Jenxcus infections, so says the technologiegigant. Over the past twelve months found Microsoft 7.4 million infections.
Microsoft submitted two weeks ago a request to the court to be as the dns authority of the 23 domains. That way the company can say find out where the infections are coming from. In addition, light-Microsoft later under more internet service providers in about the findings, so that countermeasures can be taken. “The computers with malware to harm Microsoft, its customers and the public in the whole.”
No-IP let know in a comment ‘very surprised’ by the measure of Microsoft. “If Microsoft had been approached, we had immediately taken action,” says the company in a statement. “These draconian actions affect millions of innocent internet users.” No-IP says hard to act against abuse and to do his best to the court’s decision to turn back.
Microsoft occurs more often against large-scale botnets. Last was that the ZeroAccess botnet, also known under the name Sirefef. Prior to joining Microsoft, together with several organisations, including the Dutch High Tech Crime Team of the National Police.
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