Spambot
Undead Mega-D is back in control of the sex spam zombies
By: Davey Winder
Look, everyone knew the day was coming, there is no escaping that fact. It doesn't make it any the more disappointing, but it should hardly be filed under surprise of the year: the Mega-D Botnet is back in action.
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By: Davey Winder
Look, everyone knew the day was coming, there is no escaping that fact. It doesn't make it any the more disappointing, but it should hardly be filed under surprise of the year: the Mega-D Botnet is back in action.
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Srizbi down but not quite out
By: Stephen Withers
The Srizbi botnet has proved sufficiently robust to partially recover from the isolation of its command and control servers. So much for claims that it was 'completely defunct'.
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By: Stephen Withers
The Srizbi botnet has proved sufficiently robust to partially recover from the isolation of its command and control servers. So much for claims that it was 'completely defunct'.
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Spam Wars: Return of the Rustock
By: Stephen Withers
I hope you enjoyed the brief respite from spam that was observed following the takedown of McColo, because levels are rising again.
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By: Stephen Withers
I hope you enjoyed the brief respite from spam that was observed following the takedown of McColo, because levels are rising again.
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Hosting provider takedown slashes spam volumes
By: Stephen Withers
Could isolating just one hosting company significantly affect spam volumes? Apparently it can - and has!
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By: Stephen Withers
Could isolating just one hosting company significantly affect spam volumes? Apparently it can - and has!
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Death of a Botnet
By: Davey Winder
The once King of Spam is dead. But before you celebrate too much, His Royal Spamness has been terminally ill for many months, and there are plenty of young pretenders ready to wear the junk mail crown.
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By: Davey Winder
The once King of Spam is dead. But before you celebrate too much, His Royal Spamness has been terminally ill for many months, and there are plenty of young pretenders ready to wear the junk mail crown.
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An Inconvenient Truth: Spam Sells Lots of Sex and Drugs
By: Davey Winder
It is the question that everyone who stops to think about the amount of spam they get asks at least once: does anyone actually buy this stuff? The answer, it seems, is that 29 percent of us do and we are buying sex and drugs...
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By: Davey Winder
It is the question that everyone who stops to think about the amount of spam they get asks at least once: does anyone actually buy this stuff? The answer, it seems, is that 29 percent of us do and we are buying sex and drugs...
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What is the speed of spam? 7.8 billion messages per hour!
By: Davey Winder
The key findings of the latest Marshal Threat Research and Content Engineering (TRACE) report for the first half of 2008 have just been published. Unsurprisingly, they make for some pretty ugly reading...
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By: Davey Winder
The key findings of the latest Marshal Threat Research and Content Engineering (TRACE) report for the first half of 2008 have just been published. Unsurprisingly, they make for some pretty ugly reading...
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Rustock takes spambot gold with Olympic surge
By: Davey Winder
When it comes to endurance races, the Srizbi spambot takes some beating as far as distributing the most malicious spam across the planet is concerned. Thanks to an Olympic surge from new kid on the bot race blocks, Rustock, has sprinted past the old man of spam to take a dubious gold...
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By: Davey Winder
When it comes to endurance races, the Srizbi spambot takes some beating as far as distributing the most malicious spam across the planet is concerned. Thanks to an Olympic surge from new kid on the bot race blocks, Rustock, has sprinted past the old man of spam to take a dubious gold...
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Google Sites sending spam as CAPTCHA gets pwned
By: Davey Winder
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the Google Sites CAPTCHA spambot defences have been compromised by spammers...
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By: Davey Winder
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the Google Sites CAPTCHA spambot defences have been compromised by spammers...
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F****** Microsoft and that W***** George Bush help boost spam traffic
By: Davey Winder
The cybercriminal gangs that control the Rustock Botnet have enlisted the help of George Bush, Microsoft, Paris Hilton, Spongebob and some choice expletives in order to push its share of global spam traffic up by 21.5 percent in the last month. So why am I trying to suppress a giggle?
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By: Davey Winder
The cybercriminal gangs that control the Rustock Botnet have enlisted the help of George Bush, Microsoft, Paris Hilton, Spongebob and some choice expletives in order to push its share of global spam traffic up by 21.5 percent in the last month. So why am I trying to suppress a giggle?
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