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Grum botnet briefly revived, killed by authorities yet again – ZDNet (blog)


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Grum botnet briefly revived, killed by authorities yet again
ZDNet (blog)
In the absence of any built-in fallback mechanisms, Grum's botnet herders paid the Ukrainian ISP SteepHost to remove the null route on three Command and Control (C&C) servers. …. Will Nexus 7 and Jelly Bean solve Android's tablet problems?
Grum Botnet Briefly Revived, Now Dead AgainThreatpost (blog)

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Zeus botnet on Blackberries and Android – Fudzilla


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Zeus botnet on Blackberries and Android
Fudzilla
Security experts have found new Zeus malware which targets Android and BlackBerry mobile phones. Kaspersky Lab said it found four new Zeus-in-the-mobile (Zitmo) samples targeting BlackBerry users in Germany, Spain, and Italy, Denis Maslennikov,
ZeuS (the virus not the god) is not dead and living in your phoneExaminer.com

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Officials attack Grum: World’s third largest botnet (18% of spam) – ZDNet (blog)


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Officials attack Grum: World's third largest botnet (18% of spam)
ZDNet (blog)
Unfortunately, the action was not a complete one, as the botnet has nerve centers outside of the Netherlands: two other C&C servers are still operational (one in Panama and one in Russia). Nevertheless What's new in Android 4.1 (JellyBean) · Forget
Experts take down Grum spam botnet, world's third largestCNET (blog)
Botnet responsible for as much as 50% of global spam taken downBGR
Spam Botnet DefeatedRedOrbit
PC Advisor –ITworld.com –Social Barrel
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Android botnet claim in dispute – CNET


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Android botnet claim in dispute
CNET
Researchers at Microsoft and Sophos say they believe malware-infected Android phones are sending spam via Yahoo Mail accounts as part of a botnet, but Google and mobile firm Lookout say there could be other explanations. Terry Zink, a program
Android Botnet? No, a Much Simpler Flaw in Yahoo! Mail's AppPC Magazine
Google denies Android botnet claimZDNet (blog)
Yahoo Mail bugs may be behind Android 'botnet' spam, says researcherComputerworld
InfoWorld –RedOrbit –BBC News
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