Archive for October, 2006

A Letter to Larry & Sergey

October 25, 2006 by Sunil James

Dear Larry & Sergey, What up, ‘fellas? Thanks for swinging through my house party last weekend. I’m glad to see you’re still able to hang UMich style :) Oh, and before I forget, Halle says thanks for the wicked “Kid ‘n Play”-style break-dancing you two put on at the party. Good to know you can [...]

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Botnets, Spam, and Malware

October 19, 2006 by Jose Nazario

I want to take a few minutes today and post a bit about the current “menace” on the mass-mailer front, Stration, and point to some external analysis of it. It’s nowhere near as popular as the old “favorites”, like Sober.X and the Blackworm, but it sure is gaining some ground fast. Sadly, I can’t share [...]

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Virus Bulletin 2006 and Flying Cars

October 18, 2006 by Jose Nazario

I spent a good portion of last week at Virus Bulletin 2006 in Montreal, Canada, or preparing for it. My talk on botnets and some of our research was on Thursday, and I had been working on slides with updated statistics and information. Overall, the talk went OK and it was well received, which is [...]

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