Microsoft backhands Nitol botnet, makes it sit in the corner September 13, 2012 by admin Tweet Microsoft announced today that its Digital Crimes Unit got permission from a US federal court to go after 500 different versions of malware and disrupt the Nitol botnet. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:FBI takes down Qakbot botnet and malware infecting…A Russian-controlled botnet of hundreds of routers…'Mylobot' botnet infecting 50,000 devices per day worldwideUS Department of Justice smashes 911 S5 botnet run…Beware: New Kraken botnet easily fools Windows…