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.

Microsoft’s stealth attack against the infamous Rustock botnet seems to have worked—the botnet has remained offline. However, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit is still going after the operators, who it ...

The global volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide took a massive nosedive today following what appears to be a coordinated takedown of the Rustock botnet, one of the world’s most active spam-generating ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s Digital Crime Unit helped knock out one of the world’s most notorious spam purveyors back in March, but the company isn’t letting up on its pursuit of the people behind the Rustock “botnet ...

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’ ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, a Microsoft-led action resulted in the Rustock botnet being taken offline. That action is now reaping dividends, as spam levels have dropped by around a third—a welcome, albeit ...

Earlier this month, researchers with Symantec’s MessageLabs noted spam volumes had dropped dramatically as Rustock, the largest of the spam botnets, went quiet. Researchers aren’t sure why this ...

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 ...