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Grum botnet briefly revived, killed by authorities yet again

10 months agoTechnology / Security : Zero Day

Grum, the third largest known botnet, was taken down last week. Those behind Grum attempted to bring it back this week, but security researchers stepped in and put it back into the ground once again.
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