Chapter
Big Chunk of Spam Botnets Lose Hosting Provider
40:26 - 47:09 (06:43)
Security analysts, academics, and companies were all frustrated by botnets and rogue pharmacies until these botnets lost their hosting provider, resulting in a significant drop in spam volume worldwide, including the spam botnet Walladac, which sent 1.5 billion spam emails per day. In that year, an average of 150 billion spam messages per day were sent by spam botnets.
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Learn about the frustration caused by spam botnets and rogue pharmacies and how they have been taken down over the years, resulting in a huge drop in spam messages and a triumph for security analysts and companies such as Pfizer.
40:26 - 43:05 (02:38)
Summary
Learn about the frustration caused by spam botnets and rogue pharmacies and how they have been taken down over the years, resulting in a huge drop in spam messages and a triumph for security analysts and companies such as Pfizer.
ChapterBig Chunk of Spam Botnets Lose Hosting Provider
Episode110: Spam Botnets
PodcastDarknet Diaries
A coordinated, worldwide, sudden strike on multiple levels was planned to disconnect bot communication, and an ex parte TRO was obtained to prevent the botmaster from knowing about it.
43:05 - 47:09 (04:04)
Summary
A coordinated, worldwide, sudden strike on multiple levels was planned to disconnect bot communication, and an ex parte TRO was obtained to prevent the botmaster from knowing about it. Verisign was hesitant but eventually helped with the takedown process.