An update on spamming botnets: are we losing the war?

2009-10-01

Marios Kokkodis

University of California Riverside, USA

Michalis Faloutsos

University of California Riverside, USA
Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

Marios Kokkodis and Michalis Faloutsos present the results of an empirical study of spamming activity, discussing the temporal spreading of spammers across the IP space and illustrating the evolution of high-activity spamming IP spaces.

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