Ton of News Links

Long time no blog. Sorry folks, will try to get more posted more frequently
Rogues:BlockDefense & AVCare[Aug. 29]
Zango using fake codec to install
Jessica Biel most 'dangerous' celeb in cyberspace
Botnet traffic bounds back 90% within 48 hrs of ISP shutdown
The Internet After Dark (Part 1)
57,000 Web sites Compromised in Mass Attack,
Eastern European Cyber Criminals Target U.S. Businesses
A study of the Ilomo / Clampi botnet
Laptop Delivery Note Contains Malware
Induc Virus Turns Delphi Compiler into Attack Tool
July 2009 Malicious Links: 14 Hotspots
Symantec identifies 'Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer'
DNS 'Blacklist' Unveiled
comScore: Google users search more, very loyal
Most malware dies within 24 hours
"Domain tasters" bitter as new fees put an end to their game
Yet more blackhat SEO from the Internet Service Team and ...
Freeze.com/screensaver.com/shameful-pictures.com
Spam Fools 55K Idiots Per Month
Gumblar Botnet Reawakens and Starts Pumping Out Spam
File Under: No....REALLY? And this is new news why?

Lates News & Info July 7

Multitasking Fast-Flux Botnet that Wants to Bank With You
Trojans 70% of new malware detected between April & June
New Attacks Against Internet Explorer
For Symantec and McAfee, ‘Arms Race’ for Security

Latest News & Info - May 14th

Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 On Track For Holiday Season
Symantec Charges $99 To Uninstall WinPatrol as Virus?
IE8 on Windows 7: The New Taskbar
Rogues:Desktop Hijack & Malware Catcher [May 13]
How To Create Custom Windows 7 Themes
Cyber Criminals Made $8 Billion from Online Crime in 2007-08
A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Twenty

Latest News & Info From Forums - Mar 19

Latest Security & News Info

• The Spammers Have Won, but We'll Survive
• Carders do battle through spam - carder.su
• IE 8 final bits ready for download on March 19
• Pwn2Own trifecta- Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari
• Norton Changes 'Safe Search' Default Install, Users Rejoice

Latest News & Info From Forums - Mar 15

Latest Security & News Info

• No joke -- Conficker worm set to explode on April Fool's Day
• Bank Of America Fake Spam=Malware
• More UPS delivery malware spammed out via email
• OMG! Another Fake Classmates.com Email Scam w- Malware
• Online attackers feed off of Norton forum purge
• Google – The Pirate’s First Mate
• Abuse of Google, Yahoo Search by Cyber-crooks is Rising
• Make Windows XP Shut Down Faster
• Google to target ads based on Web surfing habits

Zango, Rogues, spam, Symantec Buys PCTools, IE8 'Private' Surfing, Vista PCs Downgraded

Latest Security & News Info

• Zango: Evasive & Vague.. NO WAY!!
• Portfolio Of Rogues
• One Third Of Spam Leads To Malware
  

Recent Forum Discussions

• Symantec Buy PCTools
• IE 8 To Have 'Private' Surfing?
• One Third Of New PCs 'Downgraded' To XP

Norton Safe Web Beta-Like SiteAdvisor

New From Symantec: Norton Safe Web-Plug In

Hot Forum Links - Feb 5

• Latest Security & News Info
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Symantec Monthly Spam Report

This month Symantec catalogs the holiday spam subjects, looks at the last 12 months of wonderful inbox filling spam and mentions new email harvesting campaign by spammers. See more here...

InfoStealer Trojan Injects Code To Fool Users

Users who routinely adhere to good security behavior and type in urls to their banks as opposed to following links can be duped into giving their info anyway. It seems as tho the creators of this malware have injected to to add fields for additional info. They never cease to amaze me in their abilities to circumvent almost any sort of barrier put up. The good folks at Symantec provide anlysis. Read & Discuss Here

Trojan Poses As Activation Screen

Well the malware authors have really outdone themselves here. This trojan presents a MS looking blue boot up screen and asks for your CC info. Decline it, and the PC reboots. Read More Here