February Spam Roundup

February 27th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Sue Walsh

Take a look the top spam headlines for February: Spam Levels Hit Historic New Lows http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/22/malware_spam_trends_mcafee/ Hey Jude! New Spam Campaign Hawks Fake Beatles Boxed Set http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/27/beatles-for-sale-its-spam-of-the-day/ Maine GOP Says State Caucus Results Ended Up In Spam Folder http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73015.html Waldec …

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February Spam Roundup

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Waledac Botnet Comes Back to Life

January 27th, 2011 → 7:57 am @ Sue Walsh

A massive resurgence of the Waledec botnet has been detected in the past week. Waldec, also known as Storm, had gone dormant at the beginning of the month for reasons still unknown. It’s speculated that the cause may have been a bug in the botnet’s code. However, security researchers say the botnet has received a [...]

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Waledac Botnet Comes Back to Life

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DOs and DON’Ts to avoid botnets

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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Microsoft Court Victory Could Mean the End for Waledac

September 16th, 2010 → 6:15 am @ Sue Walsh

Microsoft has won an important court victory in its fight against spammers. A federal judge in Virginia has awarded it ownership of over 270 domains used to host the botnet’s command and control server. When the fight, which Microsoft dubbed Operation b49, began in February, the courts awarded them a temporary order which allowed them [...]

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Microsoft Court Victory Could Mean the End for Waledac

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