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Guerilla researcher created epic botnet to scan billions of IP addresses
2013-03-21 05:12

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/guerilla-researcher-created-epic-botnet-to-scan-billions-of-ip-addresses/ By Dan Goodin Ars Technica March 20 2013

Tor network used to command Skynet botnet
2012-12-11 07:12

http://news.techworld.com/security/3415592/tor-network-used-command-skynet-botnet/ By Lucian Constantin Techworld.com 10 December 2012

Experts take down Grum spam botnet, world's third largest
2012-07-19 08:29

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57475328-83/experts-take-down-grum-spam-botnet-worlds-third-largest/ By Steven Musil Security & Privacy CNET News July 18, 2012

TV-based botnets? DoS attacks on your fridge? More plausible than you think
2012-04-23 07:16

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/tv-based-botnets-ddos-attacks-on-your-fridge-more-plausible-than-you-think.ars By Dan Goodin ars technica April 22, 2012

Apple to release Flashback removal software, working to take down botnet
2012-04-11 05:34

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/04/apple-to-release-flashback-removal-software-working-to-take-down-botnet.ars By Jacqui Cheng ars technica April 10, 2012

CFP: Special Issue of COMPUTER NETWORS (ELSEVIER) on 'Botnet Activity: Analysis, Detection and Shutdown'
2011-08-25 11:14

Forwarded from: Guofei Gu Apologies for multiple copies of this announcement. ------------------------- Dear Colleagues,

FireEye: Botnet Busters
2011-06-29 07:04

Forwarded from: Simon Taplin http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_26/b4234072712001.htm By Christopher S. Stewart Businessweek June 16, 2011

Court order cripples Coreflood botnet, says FBI
2011-04-27 07:51

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216190/Court_order_cripples_Coreflood_botnet_says_FBI By Gregg Keizer Computerworld April 26, 2011 Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said a...

Man charged with hiring pump-and-dump spam botnet
2011-03-22 06:41

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214884/Man_charged_with_hiring_pump_and_dump_spam_botnet By Robert McMillan IDG News Service March 21, 2011 A Texas man was charged Monday by the U.S....

Smartphone botnets? New report predicts mobile devices will be part of DDoS attacks
2010-12-15 06:01

http://www.csoonline.com/article/646713/smartphone-botnets-new-report-predicts-mobile-devices-will-be-part-of-ddos-attacks By Joan Goodchild Senior Editor CSO December 14, 2010 Smartphones could...