After seizing control of a spam-spewing botnet, FireEye hands the keys to the botnet gurus
An effort is underway to clean up tens of thousands of computers infected with malicious software known for churning out thousands of spam messages per hour.
The security company contacted ISPs and registrars to help shut down the spam-spewing botnet
A computer security company known for battling botnets moved last week to try to shut down a persistent spam player.
Botnet commanders spread out to evade attacks
Botnets will employ more obfuscated control techniques including the use of peer-to-peer networks during 2009, according to security researchers, following the [[artid:556517764|McColo datacentre take-down|new]] last year.
But sex-botnet bosses still pumping out spam.
The command and control centres behind the infamous Storm botnet have been eradicated or abandoned, leaving the former tempest a mere gust.
