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Good Guys Win: Grum, Third Largest Botnet in the World, Disrupted...

Shortly after Dutch authorities took down two of the command and control (C&C) servers used by Grum – the world’s third largest botnet – FireEye experts called out to the security community hoping to convince Russian and Panamanian ISPs to do the same.

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The Grum botnet is the world’s third largest botnet, producing some 17% of the total spam that floods email boxes daily.

Researchers at malware intelligence firm FireEye are reporting that Dutch authorities have pulled the plug on two secondary servers used by the Grum botnet. The removal of the servers shines light on how quickly some law enforcement agencies work, given that proof of their existence is just over a week old.

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 http://www.securityweek.com/dutch-police-takedown-ccs-used-grum-botnet