Rustock botnet responsible for 40 percent of spam

Malcontent · Aug 24, 2010

http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/358165/rustock_botnet_responsible_40_percent_spam/

More than 40 percent of the world's spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle, according to new statistics from Symantec's MessageLabs' division.

The Rustock botnet has shrunk since April, when about 2.5 million computers were infected with its malicious software that sent about 43 billion spam e-mails per day. Much of it is pharmaceutical spam.

Now, about 1.3 million computers are infected with Rustock, and the botnet is making up for its decreased size with increased volume, said Paul Wood, a MessageLabs intelligence analyst with Symantec. Those infected computers -- most of which are in North America and Western Europe -- are collectively sending around 46 billion spam e-mails per day.
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ronjor · Aug 26, 2010

White House Calls Meeting on Rogue Online Pharmacies

The Obama administration is inviting leaders of the top Internet domain name registrars and registries to attend a three-hour meeting at the White House next month about voluntary ways to crack down on Web sites that are selling counterfeit prescription medications.
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Brian Krebs

CloneRanger · Aug 26, 2010

White House Calls Meeting on Rogue Online Pharmacies
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Whilst they are there, how about Rogue AV's as well ?

At least media interest in things like this takes peoples focus away from the country going down the **** hole, and who to blame What with Tiger Woods, Lindsey Lohan etc stories taking up valuable air time, and on the so called NEWS channels it's a depressing "State" of affairs

wearetheborg · Aug 27, 2010

Malcontent said:

http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/358165/rustock_botnet_responsible_40_percent_spam/
Now, about 1.3 million computers are infected with Rustock, and the botnet is making up for its decreased size with increased volume, said Paul Wood, a MessageLabs intelligence analyst with Symantec. Those infected computers -- most of which are in North America and Western Europe -- are collectively sending around 46 billion spam e-mails per day.
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That works out to 30,000+email per day per computer

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