botnets
Facebook cracks down on fake "Likes" - Lady Gaga, Eminem and Rihanna lose out
Metrics show that popular pages on the social network are shedding chunks of Likes, likely a result of Facebook rolling out integrity system upgrades.
Stopping the zombies: introducing the new FCC anti-botnet code
A new voluntary code of conduct for ISPs in the US creates new measures for addressing botnets. Does it go far enough?
DHS and NIST proposal suggests American ISPs should assist in stopping botnets
The US government is following in the footsteps of Germany, Japan and Australia by proposing that ISPs should attempt to detect botnet infected PCs and notify their owners.
Twitter botnet command and control captured
I came across this very interesting example of a Twitter controlled botnet this evening. There has been a lot of talk the last few weeks about a new toolkit for creating simple Twitter bot armies, but little evidence of it Read more…
McColo up again, down again
While the take-down of McColo received a lot of attention in the last few days, it seems not everyone was listening: the company came back online yesterday for a while thanks to TeliaSonera AB, a Swedish ISP that has a Read more…
Alleged Silicon Valley spam source taken down; global spam volume drops 75%
A critical piece of at least one spam gang's cyber-crime infrastructure was allegedly taken down Tuesday following a four-month-long investigation by the Washington Post, leading to what multiple sources cited by the Post describe as an immediate approximately 75% drop Read more…
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