Botnets decentralise after Redmond’s kingpin takedowns

Recent efforts by Microsoft and law enforcement to take down the biggest spamming botnets may have helped fight pharmaceutical companies but they have had little effect on overall spam levels.

By Liam Tung | 19 August, 2011 08:38

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