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In December 2009, MessageLabs began tracking a new botnet called Lethic, which quickly accounted for 2.5 percent of all spam.
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Two other botnets, Lethic and Xarvester also went quiet during the same period, leading several analysts to predict that the spammers are gearing up a for larger conjoined attack across the world.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Both Lethic and Xarvester accounted for less than 0.5 percent of all spam each.
Symantec Announces January 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report: - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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The recent decline, beginning December 25 and continuing through January 1, was the result of both a halt in the spam-sending activities of three botnets -- Rustock, Lethic and
Symantec Announces January 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report: - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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The Lethic botnet went quiet on Dec. 28, and the Xarvester botnet on Dec.
NYT > Home Page By RIVA RICHMOND 2011
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M86 has contacted local registrars in a bid to get domains polled by Lethic drones (which are currently inactive) permanently delisted.
The Register 2010
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This means that the Lethic takedown is unlikely to have a long-term effect on spam levels.
The Register 2010
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The command-and-control servers of the Lethic botnet have been taken out following a spam-busting collaboration between security firm Neustar and ISPs.
The Register 2010
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The action comes on top of similar success against the Lethic, Waledac and Marioposa botnets in early 2010.
SiliconIndia.com 2010
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The most recent victory was the elimination of the Neustar of Lethic botnet, which represented about ten percent of all spam email sent.
StrategyPage.com 2010
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