Microsoft Targets Asia, States It’s a Cybercrime and Malware Hub

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Microsoft Targets Asia, States It’s a Cybercrime and Malware Hub

Microsoft announces the opening of the company’s Cybercrime Satellite Center. The company’s newest center is located in Singapore. Currently, Microsoft maintains 3 of its 5 centers within the continent, with one in Tokyo and Beijing.

Cybercrime Satellite Centers aim to combat cybercrimes that target the company’s operating system and software. Malware and botnets are said to be the most vital targets by the company. All reports from the Asian centers are fed back to the main Cybercrime Center in Washington for further analysis.

The company states that Singapore was a strategic location to open a center. Close proximity to other Asian countries and a well-established center aimed at targeting cybercrime are just two of the reasons that Singapore is an ideal match.

A representative stated that Singapore is also a major financial center of the world, which will allow the company to follow the money trail in hopes of finding the criminals in charge of the cyberattacks.

Read more: http://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-targets-asia-states-cybercrime-malware-hub/4919/

[RichCor]

A ha ha ha ha. Oh, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder. A Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Ya, good luck with that.

Yet another Tech ThaiVisa article relevant to my interests.

[Xircal]

It's not such a bad idea actually. After all, Windows is still the primary operating system worldwide and therefore Microsoft is in a ideal position to tackle cybercrime first hand.

M$ has also got plenty of cash in the bank and can well afford to spend some of it on a project which will hopefully make the world a safer place to use computers at the very least.

They're also taking a page out of Google's book by offering bounties to security bug hunters and have already paid out $128,000 to security researchers according to ComputerWeekly.com: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240206842/Microsoft-pays-out-28K-to-security-bug-hunters

Likewise, Singapore is a good location because everyone speaks English due to its colonial past and as the article points out, it's also a major financial center.