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EsoxLucius
November 27th, 2008, 10:47 AM
After being off for weeks, the botnet responsible for an estimated 40 percent of the world's spam was able to reconnect briefly.
-{ Quote: "This week’s report is dedicated to the Srizbi botnet, which was kind enough to start sending infected Christmas cards to unwary computer users.
http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-5-284.html" }-

ronjor
November 27th, 2008, 03:32 PM
Estonian ISP cuts off control servers for Srizbi botnet-{ Quote: "By Jeremy Kirk

November 27, 2008 (IDG News Service) An Estonian ISP that temporarily hosted the command-and-control servers for the Srizbi botnet, responsible for a large portion of the world's spam, has cut off those servers, according to computer security analysts." }-Story (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9121758)