Archive for March, 2010

Millions Continue to Click on Spam

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Consumers Don

The Top 10 Botnets

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Latest reports have spam accounting for more than 95 percent of all email messages. You can thank botnets for most of that. Here

Which botnet sends the most spam, P 3

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In part 1 of my series, I looked at which botnet sends the most spam, by total number of messages sent at the recipient level and not the envelope level. In part 2, I looked at which one sends the most spam by total amount of bytes that they emit.

Which Botnet Sends the Most Spam? P 2

Continue Reading Add comment March 3rd, 2010

There are a couple of ways to measure which botnet sends the most spam. On the one hand, botnets can send 1 spam message but address it to a lot of different recipients, thus putting the cost of delivery heavily onto the recipient.

Which botnet sends the most spam?

Continue Reading Add comment March 3rd, 2010

Around the Internet, and even on this blog, various analyses have been done on botnets and which one is responsible for sending the most spam. Whether it


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