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McColo

Known as: Mcolo 
McColo was a San Jose-based web hosting service provider. In late 2008, the company was shut down by two upstream providers, Global Crossing and… 
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Cybercrime

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2016
2016
Identifying the Scan and Attack Infrastructures Behind Amplification DDoS Attacks
Amplification DDoS attacks have gained popularity and become a serious threat to Internet participants. However, little is known… 
2010
2010
Botwars: the fight against criminal cyber networks
2009
2009
How much did shutting down McColo help ?
On 11 November 2008 McColo, a Californian server hosting company was disconnected from the Internet. This took the controllers… 
2009
2009
Analyzing the Aftermath of the McColo Shutdown
This paper examines how spam behavior was impacted by the shutdown of McColo, a service provider known for its lax security… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
FIRE: FInding Rogue nEtworks
For many years, online criminals have been able to conduct their illicit activities by masquerading behind disreputable Internet… 
2009
2009
Understanding the World's Worst Spamming Botnet
On November 11, 2008, the primary web hosting company, McColo, for the command and control servers of Srizbi botnet was shutdown… 
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