Zeus Botnet Disrupted

In recent weeks, there has been a marked increase in efforts to disrupt botnets, with Microsoft utilizing legal channels and Spanish authorities arresting botnet administrators. Approximately one quarter of the computers currently part of the Zeus botnet have been knocked off-line after two Eastern European network providers cut off service to “their downstream customers,” according to an article on TheRegister.

Mary Landesman, researcher with ScanSafe who…