Read news articles covering Bitsight, the leader in security ratings. We're proud to be featured in these leading business & technology publications, journals, blogs, and broadcasts.
In The News
![Microsoft strikes back at Necurs botnet by preemptively disabling hacking tools](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/securityweek_logo_1.jpg?itok=tiimYOZA)
Microsoft, in coordination with Bitsight and others, managed to disrupt the Necurs botnet by taking control of the U.S.-based infrastructure that it has been using to conduct its malicious activities. Read more
Microsoft, along with other organizations including Bitsight, led the effort to take down Necurs, one of the largest malware botnets in the world that had infected more than 9 million computers globally. Read more
![Microsoft leads takedown of Necurs botnet](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/techtarget-logo_1.png?itok=LCBXXs3S)
Microsoft, Bitsight and other partners used legal and technical steps to achieve a major victory against the Necurs botnet on Tuesday, which was first detected in 2012. Read more.
![Botnet Linked to Criminals in Russia that Infected 9 Million Computers to Spew Spam and Malware is Disrupted](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/newsweek-logo.png?itok=1OJGsdFa)
Bitsight researchers weigh in on how the 11 "Necurs botnets seemed to be controlled by a single group and was responsible for 90 percent of the malware spread by email worldwide between 2016 and 2019." Read more
![Microsoft Confirms Takedown Of ‘Most Prolific’ Hacker Network: Millions Of Users Affected](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/Forbes_Logo.png?itok=Vn47w0mQ)
Microsoft and partners, including Bitsight, have announced a major breakthrough in the fight against hackers today (March 10), with the takedown of the prolific Necurs botnet.
![Attacks on Exim vulnerability continue one year later](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/Techtarget-search-security_2.jpg?itok=wow47P3_)
Bitsight vice president Jake Olcott shares insights on how experts fear that coronavirus-themed threats will escalate to ransomware attacks, and that such attacks will disrupt response efforts at hospitals and city, state and local governments.
![How Microsoft Dismantled the Infamous Necurs Botnet](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/wired-logo_0.png?itok=cvB_QP3i)
Wired highlights how Microsoft, along with Bitsight and others, disrupted the remains of the Necurs botnet—in coordination with law enforcement and internet service providers across 35 countries. Dan Dahlberg, Bitsight’s head of security research, shares more insight.
![Necurs Botnets Busted](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/file-2408675653_2.png?itok=HM-WDsjR)
Eleven Necurs botnets, which infected more than nine million computers since 2012, have been severely disrupted by Microsoft who partnered with Bitsight. Read more.
![Microsoft has disrupted botnet “Necurs” infecting more than nine million computers globally](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/WinCentral%2520logo.jpg?itok=RQxWhuls)
Microsoft in a recent official article has shared that it disrupted one of the most dangerous Botnets “Necurs” with help from partners across 35 countries including Bitsight. Read more about the takedown.
![Microsoft leads takedown of Necurs botnet](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/techtarget-logo_1.png?itok=LCBXXs3S)
At RSA Conference 2020, SearchSecurity asked several experts what they considered to be the biggest cybersecurity threat this year. According to Bitsight vice president of communications and government affairs Jake Olcott, it is that companies "are still struggling with doing the basics" when it comes to cybersecurity hygiene. Read more.
![Necurs botnet taken down in coordinated action](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/Enterprise-Times-logo-544-2_0.png?itok=CtSj284E)
Jake Rheude, of Enterprise Times, discusses the challenges of patch management and mentions how Bitsight can help organizations as well as their nth parties to reduce this burden.
![Necurs Botnets Busted](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/file-2408675653_2.png?itok=HM-WDsjR)
At the House of Lords on March 5, CTO and co-founder of Bitsight Stephen Boyer discussed research from Bitsight that found that the UK has slipped backwards in the last year in terms of its overall cybersecurity rating and is now behind Germany, Austria and Finland among the G7. Read more about his recommendations and analysis.
![Microsoft leads takedown of Necurs botnet](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/techtarget-logo_1.png?itok=LCBXXs3S)
Read what Bitsight vice president Jake Olcott had to say about Ransomware payments and how companies and insurance companies could look at the situation. He and other experts also discussed the impact on society as a whole.
![Humans remain weak link in fight against email scams](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/file-2424975828.png?itok=MjL_1bg1)
Training is an important element of cyber resiliency, said Stephen Boyer, co-founder and chief technology officer of Boston-based cyber security firm Bitsight.
“You absolutely must be training the humans and make them aware,” he said.
Read the rest of Stephen's interview with Matthew Lerner.
![CISOs Becoming Part Of Boardroom Conversation](/sites/default/files/styles/news_grid/public/migration/images/file-2385166685.png?itok=mGTP7GNk)
Bitsight's CEO, Steve Harvey, discusses how executive boards are now spending more time on security and that because of that, there needs to be a common language between the highly technical practitioners and the less technical board so that everyone can understand what’s being discussed.