Celebrating The First Birthday Of The Spamhaus BGPf

Spamhaus describes the first year of its BGP feed (BGPf) and Botnet C&C (BGPCC) service, reporting thousands of identified botnet controllers (over 5,700 meeting listing criteria, ~670 single IP C&Cs listed), enumerating C&C counts by malware family (e.g., Zeus, Citadel, Torpig), and including hosts tied to exploit kits. The report also covers DROP/EDROP network listings and real-world mitigation case studies (ISP blackholing of Cutwail C&Cs and sinkholing at Schibsted) that demonstrate substantial reductions in malicious activity and high takedown rates after ISP notification.