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Microsoft has partnered with a broad range of computer several security and Internet governance organizations to offer a $250,000 bounty for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the creator(s) of the Conficker/Downadup worm. The reward is available to residents of any country—at least so far as countries laws permit; Microsoft's partners in the effort include ICANN, DNS developers, and leading computer security… Read More

The hackers are getting a lot better. That was the subtext underlying everything Microsoft said at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. And that means even the giants have to take big steps to combat them. The company announced a pair of programs to help fight Zero Day attacks – hacks coded to exploit vulnerabilities on the day they’re announced, and which have now become the norm. Under the Microsoft Active… Read More