Manage updates with the Download AppReport: Spam down, but malware continues hold
Spam may be down but malware marches merrily on.
That's the message from the "November Threat Landscape Report" released yesterday by security vendor Fortinet.
Global spam levels ultimately fell 12 percent in November after Dutch authorities took down a large Bredolab network made up of 140 different servers. The Bredolab botnet was typically used by cybercriminals to send out spam selling fake drugs, according to Fortinet. Spam had actually fallen as much as 26 percent the week after the network was dismantled but was able to stage a bit of a recovery afterward.
The ever-present Koobface botnet, … Read more
