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A Dutch Man Was Arrested, as Part of an Investigation Into a Large-Scale DDoS Attack
May 2, 2013A 35-year-old Dutch man was arrested Thursday in Spain, as part of an investigation into a large-scale DDoS attack that targeted a spam-fighting organization called the Spamhaus Project in March. The suspect was arrested by Spanish ...
Tags: Computer Products, DDoS Attack
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A 35-Year-Old Dutchman Was Arrested Thursday in Spain
May 2, 2013A 35-year-old Dutchman was arrested Thursday in Spain, as part of an investigation into a large-scale DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack that targeted a spam-fighting organisation called the Spamhaus Project in March. The suspect ...
Tags: Dutchman, Computer Products
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The Security Vendor Released a 30-Page Paper on Asprox
Mar 8, 2013A botnet that has been in the eye of researchers for years continues to serve up malware, spam and fake antivirus software, according to research by Trend Micro. The security vendor released a 30-page paper on Asprox, a long-running ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Computer
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Security Researchers Collaborated to Take Down Grum
Dec 26, 2012Security researchers have collaborated to take down Grum, the world's third-largest botnet of hijacked computers. The Grum botnet is believed to have been responsible for around 18% of global spam, or 18 billion spam messages a day. ...
Tags: Security Researchers, Grum, hijacked computers, global spam, spam messages
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One of The World's Most Active Spam Botnets Was Crippled
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - One of the world's most active spam botnets -- Grum -- was crippled after two of its command and control (CnC) servers hosted in the Netherlands were taken down, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. ...
Tags: spam botnets, Netherlands, FireEye, security
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Google on Thursday Dismissed The Possibility That a New Wave of Pharmacy
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Google on Thursday dismissed the possibility that a new wave of pharmacy, penny stock and e-card spam emails are being sent by Android spam botnets. "Our analysis suggests that spammers are using infected computers and ...
Tags: Google, pharmacy, penny stock, spam email, computers
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Cybercriminals No Longer Control One of The World's Largest Spam Botnets,Grum
Dec 20, 2012Cybercriminals no longer control one of the world's largest spam botnets, Grum, because all of the servers the botnet relied on for receiving commands were shut down, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. The last Grum ...
Tags: Cybercriminals, spam botnets, Grum, servers