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McAfee: Spam in retreat in UK

...Spam hit its lowest level in...said in its report (PDF).Botnets, or computers tricked into running... Read more

22 February, 2012 by Lance Whitney

Microsoft turns Rustock botnet case over to FBI

...the purveyor of more email spam than any other network in...track down and eliminate spammers, botnets and other malicious code creators... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Jay Greene

Microsoft offers $250,000 Rustock botnet bounty

...its operators, said Cox. Rustock was one of the most prolific spam-sending botnets before its takedown, sending around 30 million spam emails per day... Read more

19 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Rustock botnet goes quiet again

...Rustock, one of the world's most prolific spam-sending botnets, has gone offline for the second time in three months. The... Read more

17 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Spam drops sharply over Christmas

...drop was in part due to spam coming from the Rustock botnet slowing to a trickle, while two botnets, Lethic and Xarvester, appear to have... Read more

6 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Wikileaks.info denies malware claims

...domain. Spamhaus, a non-profit volunteer organisation that seeks to curtail spam, phishing, botnets for network attacks and malware, issued a 'malware warning' on Tuesday... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

Rustock botnet responsible for 39 percent of all spam

...Botnets are now responsible for sending 95 percent of all spam, up from 84 percent in April, and... Read more

25 August, 2010 by Jack Clark
Characterizing <endeca_term>Botnets</endeca_term> From Email <endeca_term>Spam</endeca_term> Records

Characterizing Botnets From Email Spam Records

...new techniques to map botnet membership using traces of spam email. To group bots into botnets they look for multiple bots participating in the same... Read more

1 January, 2012
Revealing Botnet Membership Using DNSBL Counter-Intelligence

Revealing Botnet Membership Using DNSBL Counter-Intelligence

Botnets-networks of (typically compromised) machines-are often used for nefarious activities (e.g., spam, click fraud, denial-of-service... Read more

1 January, 2012
Defeating <endeca_term>spam</endeca_term> in enterprise email

Defeating spam in enterprise email

Enterprises should expect the onslaught of spam to continue. Botnets aren't going away. Criminal syndicates won't abandon a... Read more

14 September, 2011
Blocking <endeca_term>Spam</endeca_term> by Separating End-User Machines From Legitimate Mail Server Machines

Blocking Spam by Separating End-User Machines From Legitimate Mail Server Machines

Spamming botnets present a critical challenge in the control of spam messages due to the sheer volume and... Read more

2 September, 2011
Lightweight Detection of Spamming <endeca_term>Botnets</endeca_term>

Lightweight Detection of Spamming Botnets

...sending spam email (e.g., about 88% to 92% of spams originate from botnets). The size of a botnet ranges from tens of hosts... Read more

17 August, 2011
BOTMAGNIFIER: Locating Spambots on the Internet

BOTMAGNIFIER: Locating Spambots on the Internet

...spread malware infections. Most of these unwanted messages are sent by spam botnets, which are networks of compromised machines under the control of a... Read more

8 June, 2011
The Underground Economy of <endeca_term>Spam</endeca_term>: A Botmaster's Perspective of Coordinating Large-Scale Spam Campaigns

The Underground Economy of Spam: A Botmaster's Perspective of Coordinating Large-Scale Spam Campaigns

...many criminal scams and large-scale compromises. Most of this spam is sent using botnets, which are often rented for a fee to criminal organizations... Read more

11 March, 2011
BOTCLOUDS the Future of Cloud-Based <endeca_term>Botnets</endeca_term>

BOTCLOUDS the Future of Cloud-Based Botnets

...attacks, such as those currently done by botnets. These attacks include launching a DDoS attack, sending spam and perpetrating click fraud. This paper discusses... Read more

3 March, 2011

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