Botnet Takedowns: Effective or Deceptive?

This year has seen a few high-profile wins for the good guys in the form of botnet takedowns, especially those by Microsoft and Symantec earlier this year. But at least one security researcher is warning against rejoicing too heartily: the takedowns, he said, do little to make an impact on web safety for end users – and actually point out ongoing industry weakness in being able to mitigate bots.