Botnets Landscape Changes as Spammers Get Back
Found on eWEEK on Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Spammers have been hard at work at regaining their past momentum. Over the past year, the botnet landscape has changed, especially since the McColo shutdown.
Some of the former kings of the hill, botnets such as Srizbi, were badly hurt by the shutdown.
Depending on whom you ask the amount of spam declined 50 to 70 percent in the wake of the McColo shutdown in November.
Since killing McColo was so effective, perhaps the guys from Spamhaus and SecureWorks could continue to keep an eye on bullet-proof hosters.