Notorious Spamming Botnet, Rustock, Takes a Fall

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jamescv7

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A large network of hacked computers called Rustock, which was responsible for a great volume of spam, has shut down, perhaps as a result of another coordinated take down by security researchers.Rustock's inactivity, first reported by security writer Brian Krebs on his blog, started on Wednesday when analysts noted that its command-and-control servers were offline.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/222417/notorious_spamming_botnet_rustock_takes_a_fall.html
 
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