'rustock'

DIY satirical Sality takedown posted to Full Disclosure

DIY satirical Sality takedown posted to Full Disclosure

Don't try this at home.
Darren Pauli Mar 29 2012 5:39PM Security
Microsoft passes Rustock evidence to FBI

Microsoft passes Rustock evidence to FBI

Civil case win a death knell for spammers.
Angela Moscaritolo Sep 26 2011 10:26AM Security
Microsoft offers $250k reward for Rustock masterminds

Microsoft offers $250k reward for Rustock masterminds

Redmond renews push to catch Rustock creators.
Dan Kaplan Jul 19 2011 2:47PM Financial Services
Microsoft offers $235K bounty on Rustock masterminds

Microsoft offers $235K bounty on Rustock masterminds

Redmond determined to crush world's biggest botnet.
Dan Kaplan Jul 19 2011 10:02AM Security
Legacy of monster botnet fading

Legacy of monster botnet fading

More than half of Rustock-infected machines have been cleaned, but 100,000 computers remain in India.
Dan Kaplan Jul 6 2011 9:21PM Security
Microsoft names Rustock botnet leader suspects

Microsoft names Rustock botnet leader suspects

One hoped to work for Google.
Liam Tung Jun 3 2011 11:12AM Security
Microsoft to crack open Rustock's servers

Microsoft to crack open Rustock's servers

1.7 million IP addresses still calling home.
Liam Tung Apr 11 2011 5:57AM Security
Bagle to succeed Rustock as spam king?

Bagle to succeed Rustock as spam king?

There may be a new botnet spamming king in town in the form of Bagle.
Tom Brewster Mar 30 2011 7:14AM Security
Analysis: Life after Rustock

Analysis: Life after Rustock

Is this the end of spam as we know it?
Tom Brewster Mar 28 2011 9:51AM Security
Microsoft details Rustock botnet takedown

Microsoft details Rustock botnet takedown

A million bots at a loose end, still infected.
Liam Tung Mar 21 2011 5:38AM Security
Mega-botnet Rustock stops spamming

Mega-botnet Rustock stops spamming

Rustock, the once dominant spam botnet, seems to have been taken out of contention.
Tom Brewster Mar 18 2011 6:50AM Networking
Rustock botnet back in action

Rustock botnet back in action

Poised to return to pre-Christmas spam output levels.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 13 2011 1:37PM Security
Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Overall junk email levels rose five per cent in February.
Shaun Nichols Mar 2 2010 1:27PM Security
Ya!Bucks spreads malicious executable files

Ya!Bucks spreads malicious executable files

Claims that program rewards installing malware.
Dan Raywood Sep 2 2009 11:14AM Security
Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

A 60 per cent increase in spam volumes has resulted in spam now representing 90 per cent of all inbound email, according to the TRACElabs report on the first half of 2009 from Marshal8e6.
SC Australia Staff Jul 14 2009 10:17AM Security
Fake 'Yahoo sold to Microsoft' spam boosts Rustock botnet

Fake 'Yahoo sold to Microsoft' spam boosts Rustock botnet

A new large-scale botnet has been spotted forwarding what appears to be real news headlines about Microsoft, George Bush and Al Qaeda in an attempt to infect users.
Staff Writers Jul 25 2008 2:40PM Security

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