DIY satirical Sality takedown posted to Full Disclosure 

DIY satirical Sality takedown posted to Full Disclosure

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 29 March 2012 5:39 PM
Don't try this at home.
Microsoft passes Rustock evidence to FBI  

Microsoft passes Rustock evidence to FBI

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 26 September 2011 10:26 AM
Civil case win a death knell for spammers.
Microsoft offers $235K bounty on Rustock masterminds 

Microsoft offers $235K bounty on Rustock masterminds

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 19 July 2011 10:02 AM
Redmond determined to crush world's biggest botnet.
Legacy of monster botnet fading 

Legacy of monster botnet fading

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

Microsoft names Rustock botnet leader suspects

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 3 June 2011 2:29 PM
One hoped to work for Google.
Microsoft to crack open Rustock's servers 

Microsoft to crack open Rustock's servers

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 11 April 2011 8:42 AM
1.7 million IP addresses still calling home.
Bagle to succeed Rustock as spam king? 

Bagle to succeed Rustock as spam king?

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 30 March 2011 9:45 AM
There may be a new botnet spamming king in town in the form of Bagle.
Analysis: Life after Rustock 

Analysis: Life after Rustock

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 28 March 2011 9:51 AM
Is this the end of spam as we know it?
Microsoft details Rustock botnet takedown 

Microsoft details Rustock botnet takedown

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 21 March 2011 12:08 PM
A million bots at a loose end, still infected.
Mega-botnet Rustock stops spamming 

Mega-botnet Rustock stops spamming

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 18 March 2011 10:55 AM
Rustock, the once dominant spam botnet, seems to have been taken out of contention.
Rustock botnet back in action 

Rustock botnet back in action

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 13 January 2011 1:37 PM
Poised to return to pre-Christmas spam output levels.
Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels 

Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 2 March 2010 1:27 PM
Overall junk email levels rose five per cent in February.
Ya!Bucks spreads malicious executable files 

Ya!Bucks spreads malicious executable files

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 2 September 2009 11:14 AM
Claims that program rewards installing malware.
Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009 

Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 14 July 2009 10:17 AM
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 ...
Fake 'Yahoo sold to Microsoft' spam boosts Rustock botnet  

Fake 'Yahoo sold to Microsoft' spam boosts Rustock botnet

In Hackers - 25 July 2008 11:50 AM
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.
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