Notorious Spam-Linked Web Hosting Service Goes Offline
Found on eWEEK on Tuesday, 11 November 2008
A Web hosting firm reportedly responsible for hosting roughly 75 percent of the world's spam went offline Nov. 11 after its primary Internet providers cut the company off.
Security researchers have accused McColo of hosting the command-and-control servers for a number of well-known botnets, including Rustock and Srizbi. In a report on McColo featured on hostexploit.com, researchers predicted if McColo were depeered, worldwide spam output would likely be cut in half.
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