Latest News & Info From Forums April 22

85% of Malicious Sites Only Online for 24 Hours
Rogues:ErrorFix, RegTool, RegfixPro, Malware Cleaner
ZANGO-R.I.P.----FINALLY!!! April 20
Gov systems found on 1.9m zombie botnet
Time for an Internet A-Team?
Malware Distribution Across Operating Systems

Latest News & Info From Forums April 7

Conficker May Be More Widespread Than Previously Thought
FBI: Internet Fraud Rates Rose 33% Last Year
Conficker zombie botnet drops to 3.5 million
Blackhat SEO and Rogue AntiVirus
Paypal "New Anti Fraud System" Phish
SteadyState for XP/Vista
New Neeris worm variant imitates spread methods of Conficker
Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XP
Latest rogue: System Protector[Apr 7]
RBN Updates: [Site Block Lists-Apr 7]

Latest News & Info-Sept 2

Latest Security & News Info

• Gustav Website Fraud Watch
• Portfolio Of Rogues-Part 5
• Zombie Network Explosion
• Inside India CAPTCHA Solving Economy
• Rogue Banner Ads Updates

Recent Forum Discussions

• Google Launching Browser-Google Chrome
• New TeMerc Web Stats
• Random Thoughts & Comments

Hot July For Malware, Another Rogue, 10ml Zombies Out There

Latest Security & News Info

• July 'Hot' For Malware
• Smitfraud\Zlob\Rogue Updates
• 10ml Zombies Spew Spam & Malware Daily

More Web Co's Blocking Kiddie Pr0n, Botnets Evade Researchers, Windows 7 Expectations, Two Popular Newsletters Combine, De-Listed Greedy Vendor

Latest Security & News Info

• More Web Companies To Block Kiddie Pr0n
• Zombie Botnets Confound Trackers
• Windows 7 Expectations
• Windows Secrets & Tech Support Alerts Newsletters Combine
• Greedy Vendors W\Default Toolbar Installs

Latest News April 30

Latest Security & News Info

• Zombied Machine Owners Don't Care
• Kaspersky Top Viruses For April
• Fake MS Looking Pages

1-5 PCs Unpatched; Flag Malware Sites

Couple of new links in the forums today.

From security researchers in Denmark comes the stat that 1 in 5 machines are unpatched Windows OSes. This of course could lead to zombie armies that run amok across the Net giving me loads of HijackThis! log files to do. Read on about my hobby-to-be continued-for-the-foreseeable-future

And from a malware specialist who has written some great detailed analysis of RBN comes a challenge for users to ruin a malware gangs holidays

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?