This week we released a special Security Intelligence Reportthat showcases some of the data we amassed in the wake of the big Rustock botnet takedown in the spring of 2010. The new SIR also delves into the diplomacy, secrecy and intellectual property law that all played important roles in the successful international effort that led to the takedown of the Rustock botnet on March 16. This was Microsoft’s second global botnet takedown effort, after Waledac in February, 2011.
In addition, as part of our normal monthly bulletin cadence, we’re providing our Advance Notification Service for July’s security bulletins today. This month we'll release four bulletins, one of them rated Critical and three rated Important, addressing issues in Microsoft Windows and Office. We'll close 22 vulnerabilities with those bulletins.
