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Microsoft is waging a quiet war against elite Russian hackers

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Microsoft has proven itself to be an unlikely vigilante in the ongoing international cyberespionage story. The company started out suing the hacking group Fancy Bear for using domain names that violated Microsofts trademarks, and in doing so unearthed an extensive network of command-and-control servers.

Via domains such as livemicrosoft.net or rsshotmail.com, hackers are able to communicate with malware installed on targeted computers. But once the domains are back under Microso…Read more

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