Despite Hitting Back at Botnets, Spam Remains Level

In recent months, several botnets have been taken down through a variety of legal and technical methods. However, according to Google survey, spam levels have remained stable despite these supposed disruptions.

In spite of the recent take-downs of the Mariposa, Zeus and Waledac botnets, Google Postini has found that these actions had little long term effects on spam numbers.

“This suggests that there’s no shortage…

Microsoft’s Waledac Take-Down Could Provide Model for Future

Earlier this year, The New New Internet reported that Microsoft used a combination of court actions and technical prowess to disrupt the Waledac botnet. According to program manager Jeff Williams, the take-down “effectively decimated” the botnet, severing communications between around 90,000 infected computers and the control servers.

“While it is still too early to know the entire…