{"id":59999,"date":"2026-01-15T11:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-taps-uk-courts-to-dismantle-cybercrime-host-redvds\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:32:06","slug":"microsoft-taps-uk-courts-to-dismantle-cybercrime-host-redvds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-taps-uk-courts-to-dismantle-cybercrime-host-redvds\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft taps UK courts to dismantle cybercrime host RedVDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has taken its cybercrime fight to the UK in its first major civil action outside the US, moving to shut down RedVDS, a virtual desktop service used to power phishing and fraud at global scale.<\/p>\n

Redmond says<\/a> it has filed parallel civil actions in the US and the UK, yanking RedVDS’s marketplace and customer portal offline and seizing chunks of its infrastructure as part of a wider cross-border operation involving Europol and German law enforcement.<\/p>\n

RedVDS is a cybercrime-as-a-service platform that sells criminals access to disposable virtual dedicated servers for as little as $24 a month. Those rented machines are then used to send phishing emails, hijack accounts, and run scams that Microsoft says have resulted in roughly $40 million in reported fraud losses in the US alone.<\/p>\n