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 November 26, 2008Botnets show signs of life
 
The major botnets that were disabled when McColo was shutdown begin to show signs of life.
 November 18, 2008Spam remains down
 
Spam remains way down as three major botnets are still out of action.
 November 14, 2008Srizbi Stopped, for now
 
The Srizbi botnet has stopped spamming but it's bots have been programmed to look for new control servers.
 November 13, 2008Huge Decrease in Spam
 
There has been a huge decrease in spam after the company hosting control servers for several botnets was taken offline.
 November 11, 2008Federal Reserve phishing message leads to pornography.
 
Phishing messages sent by the Srizbi botnet appears to be a pornographic advertisment.
 November 5, 2008US Election Spam
 
Spammers are using the US presidential election result to entice users into installing malware
 October 31, 2008When do Mums learn to phish?
 
An online parental-related retail and service provider website hosts a phishing landing page.
 October 30, 2008Phishing for Domains
 
A phishing campaign from the Pushdo botnet attempts to trick Network Solutions customers into handing over their login details.
 October 23, 2008More News from Rustock
 
Rustock has now come up with another spamming template using CBS News.
 October 17, 2008FTC crackdown on spam gang
 
Authorities in the US and New Zealand have taken action against a major spam operation.
 October 10, 2008Goodbye Storm?
 
Spam from the Storm botnet has dried up.  Is this the end of Storm?
 October 6, 2008Live Spaces and AOL Journals SEO
 
Windows Live Spaces and AOL Journals are being used in a Search Engine Optimization operation to spread malware.
 October 1, 2008Livefilestore URLs used in spam
 
Spammers are using files hosted on livefilestore.com to redirect users to suspect web pages.
 September 29, 2008YouTube Spam
 
Spammers are abusing a service offered by YouTube to attract people to their dating site.
 September 25, 2008Spike in Phishing
 
Phishing spikes, sourced from the major spam botnets.
 September 24, 2008Srizbi's Important Document
 
Srizbi is sending spam that claims to contain an important document for you.
 September 12, 2008Fake 'anti-virus' campaigns continue
 
Malicious spam campaigns from Srizbi and Pushdo promoting fake 'anti-virus' continue.
 September 3, 2008Yet More Rustock 'News' Spam
 
The Rustock spam botnet is again sending spam with false news headlines to entice users.
 September 1, 2008More Rogue SEO
 
An update on the malicious SEO that is being used to spread rogue anti-virus software.
 August 27, 2008An E-Card From Srizbi
 
Srizbi's latest malicious spam campaign is greeting e-cards that have links to malware.

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