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RBN Business End Examined

Our favorite RBN blog has a look into the business end of getting paid thru rogue installs of the gang most reportedly responsible for all the malware on the Net. Very well detailed with graphics and links.

RBN: They Can Run, But They Can't Hide

With success comes notoriety. In most cases this is a good thing. Unless of course you're a criminal enterprise. In that case, the more exposure you get the more you increase your chances of getting caught and or having to uproot your operations. This is the challenge facing the Russian Business Network. Read more on RBN tracking

RBN Directly Behind Google Search Poisoning

Well as no surprise, the RBN was behind the recent Google search poisoning. Lots of good detailed analysis will keep RBN moving, and that's never good if you're a criminal. Too much time spent on evading the authorities will cause
mistakes. Read On...

More IFRAME Exploited Sites Found

Researchers are finding more malicious hacking of well visited popular sites using IFRAME exploits to take them over. And as usual, these exploits can be traced back to......give ya 2 guesses.

By 2010, Net Too Clogged

Researchers predict by then we won't be able to use the Net. Too many viral sites, online purchases and search engines will be the end of the Net as we know it. Yeah, yeah sure sure, talk about FUD. The Sky Is Falling....NOT

Economy Of Malware Tools

Back in October a security researcher had a look into the economy of proprietary tools used and sold by malware authors. It's a pretty interesting read, they really do operate as small, but illegal businesses. Tracking The Tools....

RBN Not 'Gone' At All

Not that anyone really expected them to fold up and go home, but some further analysis into their core IPs show no changes at all. Follow The Detectives...

RBN Into Rogue Ad Serving Too

Well, it's not like this would surprise anyone. The RBN seem to have a hand in just about every illegal operation on the Net. Why not ad serving? There sure is alot of it going on these days. RBN Does Banner Ads....

RBN Setup Shop In India?

Well it looks as tho after running out of China, perhaps due to the quick research of determined security researchers, the RBN boys have popped up in India.

As per usual, screen caps and direct code snippets supply all the info you need to draw your own conclusions. Lets hope India does not become a haven for malware as it has for outsourcing. Follow the bouncing gang....

RBN: Whack-A-Mole

Well the boys over at RBN have started what amounts to a shell game of sorts. They have begun to use a different IP than they had previously. This is not anything new or unexpected.

They've been doing this since 2004. What's new is that they are now monitored by a lot of people. People who are just as motivated to exposing them as they are to ripping people off. They keep moving, the security community keeps whacking them down. Watch the shell game