Rustock didn't just use DNS to locate control servers; it also included a list of hard-coded IP addresses that it could fall back on. To kill off the botnet, ...

In 2010, 88 percent of all spam emails were sent by botnets, and of that botnet-originated spam, Rustock was responsible for an average of 28 percent. Taking out Rustock has unsurprisingly had a ...

With the Rustock takedown — the first of several that are now in the works — the Internet community has polished a technique for getting rid of complex global networks of malicious computers ...

The takedown of the Rustock botnet earlier this year has had ripple effects throughout the malware and spam ecosystems, with some large reductions in spam levels and attacks. However, some of the ...

Microsoft and federal law enforcement agents have taken down the Rustock botnet, which had about a million infected computers under its control. The botnet was officially considered offline on ...

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 ...

Rustock, one of the world's most prolific spam-sending botnets, has gone offline for the second time in three months. The Rustock botnet stopped sending out email on Wednesday, the Composite ...

That threat, dubbed "Rustock" by Symantec, is a family of backdoor Trojan horses that first appeared nearly a year ago, says Patrick Martin, a senior product manager with the Cupertino, Calif ...

Microsoft today said the coordinated take-down of the Rustock botnet and follow-up efforts had purged the malware from over half of the PCs once controlled by Russian hackers.

Microsoft led an effort by computer researchers, lawyers, and law enforcement to take down the world's worst spamming botnet For more than 24 hours this week, it was a question that very few ...

Multiple sources, starting with tech reporter Brian Krebs, are reporting that Rustock, just recently the world's biggest and baddest botnet, has ceased sending spam. The result, for now, is a drop ...