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• Latest Security & News Info Feb 28
  Measuring Identity Theft
  BitDefender Monthly Top 10 Malware

• Recent Forum Discussions Feb 28
  Google Launches Web Dev Site

Zombie to Botnet to.....?

A security researcher thinks the botnet as it's become to be known as needs to be called something else. Their reasoning is that it no longer properly describes the level of activity that it does. Got any suggestions?

Complex Trojan Stealing Bank Info

A highly crafted trojan is stealing bank account info from certain types of accounts and doing so very quietly. It's one of those types of programs that even tho made by lowlifes, researchers are impressed by the complexity. Lets hope this trend does not take off

Password Recovery....Too Easy?

A researcher writes about the weakness of password recovery questions and wonders why they are not more complex and or more in number. How hard are your pw questions....?

MS Launches New Password Site

MS has decided to offer users a new way to keep track of their passwords, with a new site. I guess they figure if they make it easy enough, then users won't have so much trouble remembering longer, complex pws and make things a tick safer. Read about it here and comment

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.....

Hotmail & eBay Phish, New Online Bak Threat

This morning PG alerts us to a Hotmail & eBay phish that didn't quite work as well as it could have, but it got at least one poor soul. Be sure to check out the image of the obvious mistake.

And then F-Secure notes that there is a new threat to online banking. They call it 'Man in the browser'. Read on for details on both....

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