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  • Spam levels take a nose dive as Rustock apparently taken down – update

    Eerie silence from Rustock botnet. Microsoft reported to have co-ordinated take down. Spam levels have taken a nose dive over the last 24 hours – apparently as a result of a take down operation by unknown anti-spam activists. The Rustock botnet has been responsible for enormous amounts of spam over the last few years –…

  • 41% of spam sent via Rustock botnet

    Botnet spam back after short summer break. In its latest intelligence report, security firm MessageLabs reports that 41% of all spam is being sent through the Rustock botnet, an increase of 9% since April. The botnet sends an estimated 32 million spam emails per minute. Interestingly, the number of bots controlled by Rustock’s botherders has…