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We could soon have less Spam in our inbox and more on our plate

We could soon have less Spam in our inbox and more on our plate
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The Grum botnet, has been taken down. The network once responsible for a third of the world’s spam is no longer able to deliver to your inbox, the pharmaceutical spam emails we’ve almost come to accept as normal daily life.

Internet security company FireEye announced yesterday that the takedown of Grum’s (also known as Tedroo) command and control servers (CnCs) were there result of a dedicated group of individuals.

A botnet is a network of computers that are infected with a particular type of malware. This malware allows the control of these computers through one central machine. These “zombie” PCs are then used to distribute spam to inboxes globally all day, every day.

FireEye revealed that the CnC servers at the time of the takedown were located in the Netherlands, Russia and Panama.
In July 2010, it was estimated that the Grum botnet consisted of between 500,000 and 800,000 infected computers, which, during March of that year, was said to have sent close to 40 billion spam emails, roughly 26% of the total spam worldwide. Later that year that number grew to 51%.

In victory, FireEye security researcher Atif Mushtaq posted a strong message to all spammers “Stop sending us spam. We don’t need your cheap Viagra or fake Rolex. Do something else, work in a Subway or McDonalds, or sell hotdogs, but don’t send us spam”

PS: in other related news, Hormel Foods Corp’s spam share price is on the rise. :)

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