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MBR Rootkit, BUSTED, Malicious Site, Violence and Crime

In our BUSTED! forum you can read about the longest sentence given to someone for computer sabotage.

Websense posts an alert about an infected\compromised website to be on the watch for.

There is a report that ties watching pr0n and violent movies creates a drop in criminal activity.

Finally from Symantec we have info on the a new MBR rootkit

More News In Forums!!

Wow, forum has been busy since my last post. Well busy with me posting more stuff there anyhow. Why don't you all drop in and comment?

There seem to be more states adding laws that restrict computer forensics to 'official' investigators. This I'm sure is an effort to prevent those who 'think' they know what they're doing from actually doing more harm than good.

An opinion from a journalist expresses concerns over new TLDs as they may relate to new areas of spammer exploitation. Certainly a qualified concern. Lord knows we don't need any more areas to worry about. I know I'll be blocking any of those new ones.

Popular site Geek.com got got hacked late last year, having personal info on users who bought from them in the last year or so stolen. Oppss. One would think a site named 'Geek' would keep extra secure software. Just goes to show you.

PG weighs in on what he thinks really happened with the whole Facebook\Zango 'spyware' situation. Reading it might just surprise you.

To finish off this latest entry we have an update on the wonderful gang over at RBN. They have a new set of servers ready to go. Thankfully we get a pretty ecent jump on this info thanks to the tireless efforts of a dedicated group of people.

Forum Update- Firday Jan 4

Couple of updates and our first BUSTED! entry in the new forum.

The thing that PG found earlier, thinking it was a MySpace exposure turned out to be the companies hosting company. So no major worries.....we think.

Sears went rather quickly to disable the search function found earlier which exposed everyone's buying history to most anyone. Good work Sears!

Lady Justice is tracking a few scumbag spammers who were involved in a spam\scam\fraud scheme. And one of them is on the run.

And filing under 'embarrassing', a security vendors site was hacked earlier in the week but is ok now. Guess whoever was in charge of maintaining server stability was off drinking eggnog or something. Hope he got some coal for that.

3 Good Reads Today

We've got 3 new stories which I think are good reading for all.

First we have RBN involved with a Monster.com hack. The site pages affected have been pulled but those guys get into everything.

Secondly, with holidays around the corner you can bet malware scumbags are spooling up email spam attacks to try and trick users with social engineering tactics. Watch your inbox for those amazing deals which seem to good to be true, because they are.

And lastly, in an effort to curb the malware guys researchers suggest trying to hit them where it hurts, the pocket. Too bad they can't all agree on how to do just that. Then there's the problem of prosecution. The scumbags hide out in countries that don't exactly have any real effectual policy on Net crime.

Read more and add your thoughts.....

MySpace Bands Hacked

If you've got a band on MySpace or have a fav band bookmarked, you're goint to want to read this and learn about this hack. Seems tons of band profiles have been hacked pretty good, and MySpace does not appear to have a handle on it yet.

MySpace Band Hacks Galore

Cexx Forums Back Online

Cexx forums was returned to service shortly after me posting my previous entry about it. Sorry for my delay in reporting that here.

Cexx Forums Offline

Well it looks as tho the recent story about Dreamhosts being hacked has affected Cexx forums in that when you go there as of this writing, you get a blank page. The admin is well aware and is working to restore status as quickly as possible. Keep an eye on this blog for its return to service.