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Microsoft disables 41,000-strong Kelihos botnet
- Microsoft added another notch to its belt today following the demise of a 41,000-strong botnet. Called Kelihos or Waledac 2.0, the zombie network was capable of sending 3.8 billion spam emails per day. While it isn't the biggest fish Microsoft has…
Microsoft offers $250,000 bounty for Rustock operators
- Microsoft may have incapacitated the notorious Rustock botnet this year, but the company is still hunting those who were running the show. In March, Redmond paired up with federal law enforcement agents to seize computer equipment from US Internet hosting…
Global spam rate falls by 33.6% after Rustock's demise
- Spam levels have decreased by 33.6% only two weeks after Microsoft tackled the Rustock botnet according a Symantec MessageLabs Intelligence report (PDF). It's estimated that 83.1% of all global spam was sent from botnets in March and prior to its…
Rustock botnet responsible for 41% of all spam
- Botnets are now responsible for 95% of all spam, up from 84% in April, and nearly half of it comes from only one botnet according to Symantec. A whopping 41% of the Internet's spam is attributed to Rustock, which infects…
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