Roundup of the Latest Botnet News

Most of the world’s spam is sent by infected computers controlled by botnets. Although several large botnets have been infiltrated and brought down, almost as soon as they go dark there is a new, smaller botnet ready to step up and take its place.

Botnet herders aren’t just making money by using them to send spam either. There’s a booming underground economy based on the rental of botnets. Cybercriminals who don’t want to go through the trouble of creating their own botnet simply pay a fee to use someone else’s.

Here’s a roundup of the latest botnet news:

1. The Botnets That Won’t Die
2. Coreflood Takedown Raises Concerns
3. Hadoop Kills Zombies Too!
4. Botnet Takedown Sets Legal Precedent
5. Programmer Gets Two Years In Prison For Launching Botnets As Revenge
6. New Method Finds Botnets That Try To Hide Behind Changing Domains
7. Dummies Guide To Renting a Botnet

Have any questions or want to share some articles we missed? Leave us a comment.  The world of botnets is constantly evolving and you can’t learn too much about it.