Microsoft Sues BulletProof Web Hosts
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Anonymous writes &quot;Microsoft Corp. filed nine lawsuits against individuals and companies alleged to be involved in the distribution of spam, the company said Wednesday.
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Microsoft Corp. has filed 26 lawsuits accusing U.S. companies of selling pirated software, the latest move in its ramped-up efforts to boost sales by cracking down on illegal copies.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft on Thursday filed lawsuits against 23 companies in California and Florida, alleging distribution of counterfeit software. The lawsuits were filed in various U.S. District Courts in the two states and seek to halt the distribution of pirated software by the companies named as defendants, Microsoft said. It did not specify whether it will seek damages from these companies. The company is not shy in using its legal department, especially to stop the manufacture and sale of what it alleges are counterfeit or pirated versions of its software. It cited 125 action it has filed against alleged pirates and merchants over the last year in an effort to stop piracy. Earlier this month,Â Microsoft sued spammersÂ that had either sent unsolicited e-mail to users of its Windows Live Hotmail service, or used Hotmail to send spam. Â
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Microsoft Corp. and other Internet access providers filed three new lawsuits on Thursday to stop the spread of unsolicited e-mail messages touting everything from home refinancing to miracle health cures.
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In addition to its recent failed attempts at making its Sender ID framework a standard, &#39;Net-wide solution to the problem of spam, Microsoft has also filed over 100 lawsuits against the spammers themselves.
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AOL has filed two lawsuits, while EarthLink and Yahoo! each filed a single lawsuit. The three Microsoft lawsuits allege that defendants spoofed the domains of all four ISPs and used open proxies to route the emails.
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Code that exploits a serious, yet-to-be-patched hole in Microsoft's Web browser has been posted on the Net.
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Microsoft has filed nine new lawsuits against those it says are responsible for spam, including a Web-hosting company that caters to people who send unsolicited e-mail, the software giant said Thursday.
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A bug in Microsoft&#39;s Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 and Proxy Server 2.0 can let hackers spoof Web content, such as a trusted site, with their own fake content, the Redmond
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Microsoft has been accused of stifling competition by tying its Internet Explorer browser to Windows.
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(InfoWorld) - Hackers areÂ intensifying their attacks on Internet Explorer users, increasing the chances that Microsoft Corp. will patch a critical flaw in the software ahead of its regularly scheduled Oct. 10 security update. On Sunday, hackers released sample code showing how to exploit the IE flaw on a fully patched version of Windows XP, a move that security experts believe will step up the attacks.Â Criminals have been taking advantage of a previously unknown vulnerability in cPanel Inc. software, widely used by Web hosting providers, to install the IE malware on Web servers. The Microsoft bug has to do with the way IE processes Web-based graphics code written in the Vector Markup Language (VML). It wasÂ first reported Monday Sept. 18 by researchers at Sunbelt Software Inc., who found that attackers were exploiting this vulnerability on a number ofÂ pornographic Web sites. Late last week, attackers started spreading their attack code by taking advantage of a second flaw in cPanel's Web hosting administration software. This product is used by Web hosting providers to give their customers an easy way to administer their Web sites. Hackers were able to exploit this problem to gain access to servers at hosting provider HostGator.com LLC and began adding malicious VML exploit code to the Web pages of HostGator's clients, starting late Thursday. In fact, the attackers had used the cPanel flaw to gain control of HostGator's servers weeks before the VML vulnerability was disclosed, according to Brent Oxley, CEO of HostGator.com, based in Boca Raton, Florida. "They took control of as many servers as they could and they were building an army." Oxley said."They waited idly for a month and when the Microsoft exploit came out that's when they launched the attack." HostGator servers are used to host about 500,000 Web sites, but not all were compromised. Oxley estimated that "thousands" were, however, and said that a number of other hosting providers have also fallen victim to the cPanel attack. The cPanel flaw has now been patched and HostGator.com customers are no longer serving up the VML exploits, but security experts wonder how widespread the cPanel compromise has been. "It's a little worrisome that these hackers appeared to be targeting that piece of software," said Rich Miller, an analyst with Netcraft Inc. "It's very common among large hosting companies." Whether or not these latest developments are worrisome to Microsoft is unclear. The company declined to comment on the matter Monday, referring reporters to aÂ Friday blog postingÂ by Microsoft Security Response Center Operations Manager Scott Deacon in which he said that his company was increasingly confident on its ability to release an early patch.Â  "Thereâs been some confusion about that, that somehow attacks are dramatic and widespread," Deacon wrote Friday. "Weâre just not seeing that from our data, and our Microsoft Security Response Alliance partners arenât seeing that at all either," he said. "Of course, that could change at any moment," Deacon added. Sunbelt Software agreed that the VML bug has not yet been widely exploited, but Sunbelt Vice President of Research and Development Eric Sites predicted that Microsoft would release an early patch. "I think this week will be a lot more active because of the new proof-of-concept codes coming out," he said. On Monday, security researchers reported that attackers were staring to send out spam in hopes of luring victims to malicious Web sites. One attack tells victims that they've received a "Yahoo! Greeting Card," and invites them to click on a link. The link takes the victim to a Web site that installs code that collects information on the victim's online activity. More information on this attack can be foundÂ here. As a temporary workaround, Microsoft's has advised users to unregister the dll used to render VML images. Information on how to do this, along with otherÂ possible workarounds for the problem can be found here. Although it is not recommended by Microsoft, aÂ patch for the bug was released by a group of security researchers on Friday. ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on  Tuesday it has filed two lawsuits against so-called  "cybersquatters" or "typosquatters" who use the company's  product names to profit illegally from online advertising.
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InfoWorld - A California-based software company has filed a patent infringement suit against Microsoft over two patents that enable the creation of virtual private networks.
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Microsoft Corp. has filed class action lawsuits against vendors of sexually explicit commercial e-mail, the Seattle Post-Intelligence said Friday.
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Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. filed three lawsuits against alleged spammers in US District Court in Seattle Oct. 27, claiming the defendants &quot;spoofed&quot; its Web site, as well as the Web domains of America Online, EarthLink Inc.
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) filed seven lawsuits against senders of spam, or unsolicited e-mail, for transmitting messages without labeling them as sexually explicit
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O and other Internet access providers filed three new lawsuits on Thursday to stop the spread of unsolicited e-mail messages touting everything from home refinancing to miracle health cures.