Microsoft and the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) have agreed a deal to share threat data.
Assistant general counsel of the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit Richard Boscovich announced the partnership, promising it will grant FS-ISAC members “near real-time information” on known malware infections.
Microsoft has participated in several information-sharing initiatives with law enforcement to help mount several takedown operations against botnets, including the infamous Citadel and Caphaw, which are believed to have enslaved millions of machines at their peak.
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