October 20th, 2011 → 7:00 am @ Jeff Orloff
By measuring the contents of a message against thousands of pre-determined rules, such as how many times a key word appears or a certain phrase occurs with another. Each time a rule is broken, a numerical score is given. The …
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A Look at Spam: Inside the Numbers
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July 26th, 2011 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh
Taking down one of the world’s largest and most infamous botnets isn’t enough for Microsoft. Now they want the masterminds behind it and are willing to pay big bucks to get them. According to EWeek, the company is offering $250, 000 …
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Want a Cool $250K? Nab a Spammer!
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July 7th, 2011 → 7:00 am @ Jamie Campbell
Recent activity indicates a significant reduction in spam levels, but no one should find comfort in this news. Spammers are making it personal, a new report from Cisco suggests, and at fault may be the law enforcement community for taking …
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Spam Reduced, Targeted Attacks on the Rise: Cisco
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May 17th, 2011 → 1:11 am @ Sue Walsh
Security researchers have detected a sharp rise in the amount of spam messages containing virus-laden attachments or links. They attribute this to the recent death of the Rustock botnet. Responsible for billions of spam messages, its shutdown likely left quite a few spammers and phishers scrambling to deal with a serious financial hit. The sudden flood [...]
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April 19th, 2011 → 5:10 am @ Jamie Campbell
On April 13th, the US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that they have disabled an international botnet infecting more than 2 million computers and responsible for the theft of corporate data, user account details and financial information.
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U.S. Authorities Pull the Plug on Major Botnet, 2 Million Zombie PCs Rejoice (Sort Of)
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April 6th, 2011 → 3:50 am @ Jamie Campbell
In the physical world (assuming the electricians did their job), when you flip a light switch, you expect the lights to turn off. In the cyber world, however, things aren’t always so certain, so it’s a pleasant surprise that several media outlets have reported that global spam has been reduced by more than a third in the days following the dismantling of Rustock.
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Spam Reduced by More than a Third Since Rustock Takedown; Bagle and Others Step In to Fill the Void
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March 24th, 2011 → 3:29 am @ Paul Mah
As reported by colleague Sue Walsh on Monday, Microsoft successfully brought down the Rustock botnet in a coordinated operation last week. The achievement is especially significant given the sheer size of Rustock, which was estimated to contain up to a million infected host computers, and believed to be responsible for billions of spam emails on [...]
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March 21st, 2011 → 4:58 am @ Sue Walsh
Rustock is dead, thanks to Microsoft. As of 11:30am Wednesday, March 16th, it has ceased sending spam completely. The company, with the help of the U.S. Marshalls, killed the giant botnet by raiding ISPs and Internet hosting facilities in Kansas City, Mo.; Scranton, Pa.; Denver; Dallas; Chicago; Seattle and Columbus, Ohio. The company seized computers [...]
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January 21st, 2011 → 6:37 am @ Sue Walsh
The Rustock botnet has roared back to life after its holiday vacation. Researchers detected the sleeping giant’s return on January 10th when global spam volumes increased by 98% in just 24 hours.
The botnet, which went through some rough times last fall when its supporting organization shut down, quietly slipped under the radar over the holiday [...]
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Rustock Botnet Roars Back to Life
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January 19th, 2011 → 4:51 am @ Sue Walsh
Worldwide spam levels dropped a surprising 30% between September and December. Experts aren’t sure why, but some say the recent events that hit the giant Rustock botnet and several others may be to blame.
Rustock was decimated when the affiliate network that powered it was shut down, its mastermind arrested, and its command and control servers [...]
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Worldwide Spam Levels Mysteriously Drop Over Christmas
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