Latest News March 1st

Analyzing PDF Files
Rogueware competing with Panda
Talking Bots with Japan’s ‘Cyber Clean Center’
Microsoft Warns of New IE Code Execution Flaw
FAKEAV Rides on the Back of a Killer Whale
Massive Earthquake in Chile Leads to a Surge of Rogue Antivi
Qualys to scan Web sites for malware
Web users offered 'hardened' Firefox for banking
ICQ scam in the wild
World of Warcraft authenticator users come under attack
Free Facebook iPad beta-test offer is a scam
Hacker Report 'High Risk' Flaws in Safari Browser
Organiser of Darkmarket fraud website jailed for 56 Months

Lates News & Info Aug 5

Labor Day Sale-Related SEO Poisoning Leads to Rogue Antiviru
Phishing Attacks Decline, Malware Rises
Men far worse than women on password security
Koobface spreading through thousands of IP addresses
A Cybercrime Hub Reinvents Itself
Microsoft says US is top malware target
Conficker/Downadup Dominates BitDefender’s Top 10 E-Threats

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?

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 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

Latest News & Info From Forums - Feb 26

Latest Security & News Info

• Spammers using Yahoo to bait phishing hooks
• Money Tight- Watch out for Coupon Offers from CyberCriminals
• Just Say "No" To Gmail "ViddyHo" Chats
• Adobe Flash vulnerable to remote-execution exploit
• Google's DoubleClick spreads malicious ads (again)
• Malware Scum Capitalize On News w-Poisoned Searches
• Waledac: Couponizer Theme
• Conficker Gets Evil Twin


Recent Forum Discussions

• Microsoft wraps up Vista SP2 RC
• Use Passwords- Read This Article. Now
• New Feature: WinPatrol 'Recent Tab'
• 50 Windows 7 Tips
• SiteAdvisor Ratings Way Out Of Date
• MS Knowledge Base articles Moving

Time To Exclude The Bad ISPs

In recent months, three questionable Internet service providers — EstDomains, Atrivo, and McColo — were effectively taken offline resulting in noticeable drops of malware and spam.

It is hard to argue that such takedowns, which took the command-and-control servers for several major botnets offline, would not benefit everyone who uses the Internet. Estimates of the decrease in spam from the McColo takedown ran from 40 to 80 percent, even if it lasted only for a short time. More importantly, as bulletproof hosting providers drop bad actors from their client list, the cost of hosting the command-and-control servers go up. Increasing the transaction costs to commit cybercrime is one of the best strategies to reduce it.

Time to Exclude Bad ISPs

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Dec 8

Latest Security & News Info

• More Fake Bank Demo Spam
• SpamBot From McColo Shutdown Reborn
• Spammers Sidestep SMTP
• Russian Mafia Biggest Cyber Syndicate
• Most Common Attack Vectors
• New Forum Anti-Spam Code Topics

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Dec 6

Latest Security & News Info

• Thieves Winning Online War
• BitDefender Top 10 For Nov.
• ClassmatesDotCom Fast Flux Malware
• 2008: Year Of Cyber Criminal Innovation



Recent Forum Discussions

• Dell: Want XP? Cough Up $150

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Nov 25

Latest Security & News Info

• Y2K & The Digital Apocolypes
• Localizing Cyber Crime-Part Two
• US Gov't To Encrypt Root DNS Hosts
• Rustock & Its Spam Is Back
• Pharma Extorsionists Really Did It!
• Top TLDs Abused By Phishers
• MS Helps Battle Bogus Emails

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Nov 18

Latest Security & News Info

• MS To Offer Free Anti-Malware App 09
• Malvertizments @ Paltalk
• Oct: Web Malware Jumps 21%
• No Due Diligence=Cyber Crime Aplenty
• Keylogger Ordered Off Market
• Hotmail Scam: Verify Info Before Delete
• Ed Bott: Deep Look Into Windows 7

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Nov 12

Latest Security & News Info

• Diverse Portfolio Of Rogues-Pt. 13
• More Compromised Legit Domains For Sale
• Estdomains Termination To Go Ahead
• Cyber Crime Hoster McColo Web Taken Down
• MS Looking Into Hotmail Issues

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Nov 8

Latest Security & News Info

• Security Expert On Russian Gangs, Botnets
• MS November Advance Security Bulletin
• Origins Of Net Lingo; FWIW, Brb, lol
• Windows 7: X-Mas 09 Release?

TJMaxx Conspiritor Charged, Feds Warn On Loan Scams

Latest Security & News Info

• NYer Charged With Making TJ Maxx Sniffer
• Feds Warn On Loan Scams

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Oct 16

Latest Security & News Info

• 3Xs Rogue Banner Ads
• Security Update: Flash Player
• Warezov Botnet Back In Action
• Guilty Plea In FTC Shuttered Spam Case
• Cyber Threats Grow In Complexity
• More Blogspot Malware
• VirusList: Sept Malware
• Malware Authors Develop VPN Network
• FTC Shuts Massive Spam Ring
• MSN Messenger Spam Run
• Tools Of Malware Trade: Quality Assurance
• New Laws To Track Predators Online



Recent Forum Discussions

• ZoneAlarm\Windows Update Problems, Again
• MSN Ditching MSN Groups?
• Windows 7 Name Piques Interest On 'Why'?
• Vista SP 2 Coming Before Windows 7
• Internet Use 'Good For The Brain
• It's Official: Next Windows OS-Windows 7
• Use GMail To Fight Spam

Directi Yank cr4nk

Directi Take Down Cyber Criminal Site

Latest Forum Links Sept 26

Latest Security & News Info

• Neosploit Hacker Tool Resurrected
• 250K Harvested Hotmail Accounts For $50
• New Rogue Twist...Forums?
• Cybergangs Survey Potential Bots
• Portfolio Of Rogues-Pt 6
• Help Us Pick Skins For The Forum
• Old Version Spybot Updates Discontinued
• 1000th User Coming Up In Forums

RIP Atrivo?

Latest Security & News Info

• Atrivo: RIP? We Can Only Hope

Klikdomains.com - Rogue Pusher Doubles As Registrar

Latest Security & News Info

• Rogue Pusher Klikdomains.com Doubles As Registrar

Weekend Reading-Sept 6

Latest Security & News Info

• Work At Home For A Criminal?
• AV-Test Latest Results
• Rock Phish Cyber Gang On Comeback?
• More Info On Atrivo\Directi\EstDomains
• MS Security Bulletin Advanced Notification