Rustock Botnet Responsible For Majority Of Spam

Symantec has released its April 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence report, which found that Rustock has surpassed Cutwail as the biggest botnet both in terms of the amount of spam it sends and the amount of active bots under it control.

While Rustock has reduced the output of individual bots by 65 percent, it has increased the number of active bots by 300 percent, making up for the decreased output. Meanwhile, Cutwail has reduced in size to 600,000 bots down from 2 million bots in May 2009 and is now responsible for only 4 percent of all spam. Rustock remains the largest spam-sending botnet responsible for 32.8 percent of all spam.
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Are Spam Reports Important To Google?

With so many websites popping up everyday, it makes you sometimes wonder how Google (and the other search engines) keep track of them all.

Well, they do sometimes get help from webmasters who report other websites using spam techniques to gain a better ranking.

Some webmasters believe that submitting a spam report is simply a waste of time as they never get looked at by Google, but Matt Cutts wants to set the record straight.

Check out Matt’s video below explaining how they determine which spam reports are acted on.

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iPad Spam and Scams To Rise In Light Of Hot Release

Apple’s next big release, the iPad, is scheduled to come out April 3rd. Already, the Better Business Bureau(BBB) has announced that scammers and spammers are using the release to take advantage of anxious fans. The BBB advises consumers to simply stay away from offers where anyone is offering a free iPad.
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Spam Threat Nets Man Extortion Charge

As one man learned this Saturday, it’s not particularly smart to threaten 6 million people with spam, regardless of how much a company may have mistreated you.  Anthony Digati was arrested as a result of a plan to take his problems with New York Life very, very public.

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Addressing The Issues Of Comment Spammers

Dear “SEO Consulting Services New York” and you too “Starting A Home Business”,

I have an admission to make: I don’t like comment spam. You are comment spammers. Our readers don’t like you. I don’t like you. You’re not welcome here.

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