Microsoft Launches Cybercrime Center to Confront Piracy
Microsoft Corp. is consolidating its digital crimes and software piracy teams into a single Cybercrime Center to confront new threats from Web criminals with bolder initiatives, Dow Jones Business News reports.
Microsoft has been targeted by Internet thieves for a generation – Bootleg software siphons sales away from Microsoft Office, and malware takes advantage of the Windows operating system to gain access to consumer information. Now, research shows that counterfeit software and malware are arriving together on personal computers in worldwide emerging markets, creating a larger pool of victims for criminal enterprises, the article says.