> Symantec Takes Down a Sizeable Chunk of the ZeroAccess Botnet

The ZeroAccess botnet, the bandwidth-intensive bug that is known as the most pervasive bot around the world, has had some of the wind knocked out of it. Security firm Symantec has executed a sinkholing operation that took down more than half a million bots and made a serious dent to the number of bots controlled by the botmaster.