Spam supporting ISP shut down

The Washington Post reports that one of the largest spam supporting ISPs was shut down.

Joe Stewart, director of malware research for Atlanta based SecureWorks, said that these known criminal botnets: “Mega-D,” “Srizbi,” “Pushdo,”"Rustock” and “Warezov,” have their master servers hosted at McColo.

Collectively, these botnets are responsible for sending roughly 75 percent of all spam each day, according to the latest stats from Marshal, a security company in the United Kingdom that tracks botnet activity.

This is good news for senders everywhere!

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