Microsoft Shuts Down Cybercrime Site That May Have Tried to Scam You
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Microsoft and European police shut down RedVDS, a cybercrime site that sold virtual machines for phishing and scams, sending millions of malicious emails to users.
Source: PC Mag
Microsoft and European police have shut down a site that fueled cybercrime, including helping hackers bombard U.S. users with phishing emails. On Jan. 14, the company announced it had seized RedVDS, which was available on the open web, and sold access to virtual machines that run Windows and other operating systems. Active since at least 2017, RedVDS charged customers as little as $24 per month to use the platform to send phishing emails, host online scams, and pull off other malicious schemes. "In just one month, more than 2,600 distinct RedVDS virtual machines sent an average of one million phishing messages per day to Microsoft customers alone," Microsoft says. Full Story