Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Zango Busted By Ben Edelman

Once again, the venerable Ben Edelman has caught the scumbags at Zango doing the things they were told and agreed not to do. The FTC leveled a fine for these
types of practices. Yet it seems the 3 million was not quite enough of a deterrent.

I'd make a 3 million dollar bet the FTC don't do much of anything different. Launch big investigation, make a bunch of press releases, give the illusion that they're gonna do something. And in the end, it all turns out to be smoke and mirrors. Zango pays some minute fine, FTC feels better, Zango laughs all the way to the bank.

Rinse wash and repeat. Read More and Discuss

Monday, July 16, 2007

Vista & Spam\Phish Forums Busy This Week

Lots of tips and news on Vista and Vista SP1. Read More In Vista Forum

FBI says more spam prosecutions coming, Symantec monthly spam report and instant phishing scams for sale. Read More In Phishing & Spam Forum

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

MS July Windows Updates

Windows Updates released for July. Read Details Here

F-Secure Video

The gang at F-Secure create a nifty video on YouTube. Read & Discuss Here

Microsoft Malware Portal

The new portal is now out of beta. Lots of stats there. Read & Discuss Here

AOL Sites Infect Users

If you misspell a search on them you get a fun Zlob infection. Read & Discuss Here

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

AOHell Forcing AIM Updates

AOHell is forcing users of its AIM IM software to upgrade or be unable to use the product. Read & Discuss Here

And don't forget to Digg It!

iPhone Phish & 30K New Malware Sites Daily

iPhone phish spotted in the wild already, but the spammers weren't as fast as the malware guys. Read & Discuss Here

And up from 5,000 sites per month, new malware sites take a huge jump in just a few months. YIKES! Read & Discuss Here

Monday, July 02, 2007

New Rogues Aplenty

We have several new entries into the Rogue anti-spyware listings. We now have three great resources for this, Eric Howes' list (no recent updates), as well as the developers of RogueRemover at Malwarebytes and finally Security Cadets.

With these guys on the job, rogues don't stand a chance in hell of getting too many victims to bite on their sleazy products. Read & Discuss Here

Got one of these rogues on your system? Post a HijackThis! log into our Countermeasures: Extraction Help Forum