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’ ...

After winning a summary judgment against the perpetrators of the massive spamming network, the software giant hands evidence to federal law enforcement, including clues about the alleged ringleader.

The Rustock botnet–one of the most prolific sources of spam–went silent this week. Microsoft worked with security vendors and the civil court system to pull the plug on Rustock. Some security experts ...

For more than 24 hours this week, it was a question that very few security experts could answer: Who had knocked the world’s worst spam botnet offline? After infecting close to a million computers and ...

Who controlled the Rustock botnet? The question remains unanswered: Microsoft’s recent takedown of the world’s largest spam engine offered tantalizing new clues to the identity and earnings of the ...

All hail the Rustock botnet takedown. Between March 15 and 17, during which time Rustock was taken down, global spam volumes fell by 33.6%, according to a Symantec MessageLabs Intelligence report.

That threat, dubbed "Rustock" by Symantec, is a family of backdoor Trojan horses that first appeared nearly a year ago, says Patrick Martin, a senior product manager with the Cupertino, Calif., ...

A federal judge in Connecticut today handed down a sentence of time served to spam kingpin Peter “Severa” Levashov, a prolific purveyor of malicious and junk email, and the creator of malware strains ...

Botnets are now responsible for sending 95 percent of all spam, up from 84 percent in April, and almost half of that spam comes from a single botnet, Rustock. Rustock sent 41 percent of the world's ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Reports indicate that the massive drop in spam levels are linked to the sudden disappearance of the Rustock botnet. However, recent history suggests the interruption may only be temporary. Reports ...