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McColo Hands Off Botnets to the Russians
Brief respite from spam could be over as McColo hands off Command and Control of Botnets to a Russian network.
According to researchers from FireEye and HostExploit the recently disconnected McColo had its internet connectivity restored briefly (12 hours) and in that brief time the botnet herders used that window of opportunity to hand over the Command and Control (C&C) function of the Botnets to other servers one of which is hosted out of Russia
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