Read about a Black Hat session describing how free trials of cloud services can be pooled to build a Bitcoin-mining botnet or a DDoS engine.

Peter Yuryevich Levashov, a Russian national, was arrested in Barcelona and charged with running a massive international spambot.

Kelihos Botnet Domain Provider Promises to Make Amends News Oct 27, 2011 3 mins Data and Information Security Legal Microsoft ...