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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January 18th, 2011 → 7:32 am @ Ed Fisher
Did you miss them? Waledac and Rustock are back and ready to fill your inboxes once again.
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December 27th, 2010 → 8:04 am @ Sue Walsh
The latest security reports suggest that despite the best efforts of investigators and researchers, the net’s top botnets are still thriving.
Rustock, Cutwail and Grum are all still alive and well and continue pumping out spam and malware. Rustock made the news recently after several ISPs hosting a large portion of their command and control servers [...]
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Despite Legal Woes and Shutdowns, Top Botnets Still Thriving
August 25th, 2010 → 7:54 am @ Sue Walsh
Security researchers say the massive Rustock botnet is currently responsible for 40% of the world’s spam volume. This is particularly impressive considering the number of infected computers under its control has dropped from 2.5 million to 1.3, probably as a result of increased detection by anti-virus software. Still, even with the reduction in size it [...]
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