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Rebirth before redeath After being stranded for weeks, a monster botnet responsible for an estimated 40 percent of the world’s spam was able to briefly reconnect to its mothership in a tense international duel playing out online that could have a dramatic effect on the amount of junkmail flowing into inboxes everywhere.… Read more…
In the fallout resulting from knocking McColo Corp. offline, this past week may prove to be a missed opportunity in the prevention of a dramatic reappearance of junk e-mail, as a botnet that once controlled 40 percent of the world’s spam apparently has found a new home. The botnet Srizbi was knocked offline Nov. 11 [...]
Junkmail crisis averted for now After being stranded for weeks, a monster botnet responsible for an estimated 40 percent of the world’s spam was able to briefly reconnect to its mothership in a tense international duel playing out online that could have a dramatic effect on the amount of junkmail flowing into inboxes everywhere.… Read [...]