More than 40% of the world’s spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle, according to new statistics from Symantec’s MessageLabs’ division. The ...

Microsoft is trying to use its financial clout to bolster its investigation into who may be behind the notorious Rustock spambot. While the primary goal for our legal and technical operation has been ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp claimed credit on Thursday for taking down one of the biggest producers of spam e-mail in a joint effort with federal authorities across the United States. The world ...

One year after the Rustock botnet takedown, spam levels are staying steady at 94 billion e-mails per day. <a href='http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/spam ...

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A report issued in the wake of Microsoft's legal take-down of the Rustock botnet suggests that the criminals behind the spam network were Russian.

Alex Lanstein stared at the 65-inch computer monitor in the living room of his Boston apartment. Streaming data lit up the screen, the actions of a cyberlord giving orders to his botnet, a zombie army ...