Advanced Search News Microsoft on Monday announced that it has seized control of multiple Web sites used by the Chinese hacking group NICKEL. This week's actions is a culmination of a five-year investigation by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) into the hacker group that has targeted governments and private organizations in North America, South America, Europe and the Caribbean. During that time, MSTIC observed NICKEL using exploits on unpatched vulnerabilities to gain access to targeted accounts. Per a blog post, MSTIC outlined how the vulnerabilities of choice included Microsoft software: NICKEL successfully compromises networks using attacks on internet-facing web...