Microsoft on Thursday wrapped up its civil case against the still-unnamed controllers of the Rustock botnet and handed off the information gleaned during its investigation to the FBI. But the move ...

More than 40% 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 ...

A series of raids last week submarined Rustock, Microsoft said, noting that it had filed a lawsuit that sparked the raids. Rustock would take control of a computer and use it to send spam. It is ...

One year after the Rustock botnet takedown, spam levels are staying steady at 94 billion e-mails per day. <a href='http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/spam ...

Microsoft is trying to use its financial clout to bolster its investigation into who may be behind the notorious Rustock spambot. While the primary goal for our legal and technical operation has been ...

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According to a new report from Symantec, global spam levels fell a whopping 33 percent when Rustock was taken down in mid-March. However, the criminals behind the Bagle botnet were quick to step in ...