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Spam Botnets Get SmackDown from Internet Security Experts – OhMyGov! (blog)

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Spam Botnets Get SmackDown from Internet Security Experts
OhMyGov! (blog)
Grum had been the subject of intense interest in the internet security community, its techniques dissected by everyone from the International Journal of Information Technology and Technology Review. With Grum's demise, the Lethic and Curtwail (formerly …
Massive Spam Botnet Taken Out By Security TeamsSlate Magazine
Major Spam Servers Shut DownDaily Beast
Global spam botnet taken downUPI.com
RedOrbit –The Moscow Times –iTWire
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Tervis Chooses OpenDNS Enterprise to Proactively Prevent Malware and Botnets – YAHOO!

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OpenDNS, the world’s largest and fastest-growing provider of Internet security and DNS services that deliver a safer, faster and more intelligent Internet experience to everyone, today announced Tervis is using OpenDNS Enterprise, the preferred solution of …
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Spammers deserting botnets for compromised accounts

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John P. Mello, Jr.

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Recent takedowns of automated networks used to spew electronic junk mail on the Internet is encouraging spammers to turn to compromised accounts to ply their trade, according to a report from a provider of cloud-based security services.

Commtech, of Sunnyvale, CA, noted in its Internet Threats Report for July, “Spammer tactics are changing as spam levels flat-lined this quarter to the lowest levels in around three years, primarily due to the highly-publicized Rustock botnet takedown.” 

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Millions Of US Computers Completely Pwned By Botnets. – NPR News

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You probably won’t even notice as your computer becomes a typhoid Mary, spewing viruses, spam and phishing attempts, or used to launch denial of service attacks. Without you even knowing it you are the problem. The best part, of course, is that the person …
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