Microsoft Offers $250K Reward for Rustock Information

Microsoft recently announced it is offering a $250,000 reward for any information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of those involved with the Rustock spamming botnet. The bounty is part of Microsoft’s ongoing campaign against the authors of the infamous malware.

Rustock, which is known as one of the Internet’s most damaging botnets, was responsible for sending around 30 million emails per day and infiltrating computers when users…