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One of them, known as Rustock, was at its peak responsible for nearly half of all global spam, but that fell to just 0.5% in December.
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One of these botnets, the networks of infected computers responsible for circulating the majority of spam, called Rustock, dramatically cut back its activity in December.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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A network of malware-infected computers known as the Rustock botnet, which is widely believed to be Russian-operated and had been responsible for about half of all spam globally
NYT > Home Page By RIVA RICHMOND 2011
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Microsoft won its civil suit against the ringleaders of malware called Rustock but have still not caught the perpetrators and is turning all of the evidence it gathered in its investigation to the FBI for a possible criminal case, the company said Thursday.
The Seattle Times 2011
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One of them, known as Rustock, was at its peak responsible for nearly half of all global spam, but that fell to just 0.5% in December.
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One takedown saw spam traffic drop by a huge percentage when just one network, called Rustock, stopped sending junk.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Microsoft is offering $250,000 to catch the ringleaders behind malware called Rustock.
The Seattle Times 2011
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When McColo came back online, it appeared the hackers who controlled the command-and-control servers for a botnet called Rustock moved the controls for that botnet to a data center in Russia, according to the blog for security vendor
Macworld UK News 2008
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Rustock, the largest and most powerful botnet, controls between 1.6 million to 2.4 million infected PCs, and it has increased spam output by 300% in recent months, says Wood.
How botnets, hacking kits and weak apps aid cybercrooks 2010
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But given the sophistication and effectiveness of the attack, there's a good chance controllers from one of the top spamming botnets -- Pushdo, Szribi, Rustock or Waledac -- are involved.
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