Lates News & Info

Fake Web Hosting Provider - Front-end to Scareware Blackhat
How to Make Your PC Easier on Your Eyes
GazTranZitStroy Rubbing Shoulders w\Petersburg Internet N
Ransom - Pay me more - Part II
Spam Drops 15 Percent After FTC Pricewert Takedown
Registrar warns that open TLDs will cause havoc
Phishing Scam Hits BoA Customers
Wipeout! New Trojan Can Obliterate Your Hard Drive
Freeware Arena upgraded!
From Ukrainian Blackhat SEO Gang With Love - Part Two
Rogues:Loaris Trojan Remover is not Rogue [June 9]

Lates News & Info

Monthly Site Stats [UPDATED-June 1, 2009]
WinPatrol Feature Upgrade
Microsoft sets Windows 7 launch for Oct. 22
Bank of America Digital Certificates - New Generation of Phi
Twitter Gets Targeted Again by Worm-like Phishing Attack
Research: Koobface - redir3105.com
A disturbing new report on your Internet Privacy
You DON'T have "(1) New Message from Outlook Microsoft"
Microsoft Hardware To Launch Exclusive Windows 7 Features
From Ukrainian Blackhat SEO Gang With Love
Google rates Gumblar distribution URL as top malware site
Trojans Continue to Dominate BitDefender’s Top Ten E-Threats
FTC Sues, Shuts Down N. Calif. Web Hosting Firm
A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part 21
Rogues:Loaris Trojan Remover & XP Deluxe Protector [June 4]

ThisWweeks Latest News Feb 19

Latest Security & News Info

• New Sality With a Twist
• LinkedIn Targeted By Pharma Spammers
• Srizbi Spam/Hosting Services
• Innovative Marketing FTC Developments
• Bad Actors-Starline Web Services
• AOL Users Exploited By Phishers
• Search giants join to tidy up Web addresses
• Windows 7 RC This Month
• Net traffic report: P2P, porn down; games and Flash up

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Dec 17

Latest Security & News Info

• FTC Investigating Innovative Marketing
• F-Secures Health Check

Recent Forum Discussions

• Which Is Safer, IE or Firefox?
• 5 Things About Digital TV Switch
• YaHoo! IM: Serving Ads In Chat Window

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Dec 10

Latest Security & News Info

• Anatomy Of A Spam Business
• 0-Day IE Flaw Being Exploited
• FTC Investigating Innovative Marketing

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

Rival Botnets Share Bond, Threat Spy Tracks Malware, Portfolio Of Rogues, Pt. 3, IE8 Ship Date, FTC Smacks Telemarketers, Red Light Cams Don't Work

Latest Security & News Info

• Rival Botnets Share Common Bond
• Threat Spy Tracks Malware
• Online Pharmacy Affiliates BUSTED!
• Portfolio Of Rogues: Part 3



Recent Forum Discussions

• Red Light Cams Don't Work
• IE 8 Shipping: Nov
• FTC Targets Pre-Recorded Telemarketers
  

US FTC Acts, 26% Increase In Site Growth & Ed Bott Vista Tips

• US FTC Halts Domain Name Registration Scam
• Global web sites grow 26 per cent
• EdBott: Top 10 Vista Tweaks, Parts 1 & 2

News Links To Forum - Feb 25 - Late Day

Latest Security & News Info Feb 25

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  FTC Ready To Curb ISP Traffic Mgmt.
  PG Tackles HUGE Phish Scheme

Recent Forum Discussions Feb 25

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  Damon To Return For 4th 'Bourne' Film
  Criminal Trial Lifts Veil On Cyber Scams

Jan 30 Forum News

• Latest Security & News Info Jan 30
  New Attack: Windows Bug Critical
  Fed Rate Cut = 'Mortgage' Spam Jump
  Zango Affiliate Exploits Hollywood Death
  Spammers Dip Into Google's Luck
• Recent Forum Discussions Jan 30
  Biohazard Symbol Origins
  FTC Settles Against Telemarketer
  Cartoon Character Skeletons
  Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Memory
  Men Overconfident Online
  What Movies Will You See 08?
  Super Bowl Stuff

FTC: 8 Mil ID Theft Victims

From the FTC, over 8 million people victims of ID theft. In at least half of the instances less than $500 was pilfered. In 10% of the incidents over $6000 was taken. Read More Here.....

Sorry, I ain't been posting much

Sorry it's been so long since my last blog. Had a case of the 'blahs' and could not get motivated.

Here is a round up of the last couple of weeks and I promise to blog more regularly.

Child porn websites 'worsening'
Sophos: Top spam-relaying countries - US leads the way
Magazine Sites Serving Malware
Corporate malware on the rise
Bots Rise in the Enterprise
Internet Researchers Discover New Hacking Service Site
FTC: Let us fine spyware operations, already!
New WinPatrol Features: Windows Update & Browser Alerts
Botnet on Demand Service
Storm Worm Updates [Oct 30]
MessageLabs Intelligence Report for October 2007
Whois studies approved, privacy deferred
AOL to let users block targeted Web ads???
Police dismantle global child porn network
Hijacking Flash banner advertisements again...
Do Search Engines Need To Be Regulated?
NOW, A WAY TO STOP ID THEFT
Russian Business Network: Cyber Criminal Haven

Zango Hijacking Search Results?!

OK, like this should surprise....................who? Certainly not anyone familiar with any of their other tactics at trying to gain installs via any sneaky way they can thing of.

Lowlife scumbags and the FTC let them slip right thru their fingers. Read More Here

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