Bloodied spam-spewing zombie staggers in

The spam-spewing Kelihos botnet has returned from the dead.…

IPO filing: Spamvalanche could kill us

Facebook has been the first internet company to baldly state the risks it faces from hacking and spam to the markets since the SEC issued guidance on the issue.…

Live longer and prosper more

Companies that like Red Hat Enterprise Linux but hate changing Linux versions because of the hardware and software qualification process just got an excuse to be lazy for the next decade.…

Blogs also infected with information-harvesting Trojan

Malware-spreaders are hacking into vulnerable WordPress-powered sites in order to drive traffic towards pages loaded with exploits.…

DMARC Brothers back cross-industry standard

Google, Facebook and other internet heavyweights are collaborating together to back a standard designed to curtail phishing by improving the collaboration between legitimate senders and receivers of emails.…

Sabelnikov denies botnet herder allegation

The Russian man named by Microsoft as the mastermind behind the Kelihos botnet has stepped forward to plead his innocence.…

Social network teams up with Washington State to hound marketing firm

Facebook and US state of Washington have filed lawsuits against marketing firm Adscend Media over alleged clickjacking and spam practices, as the social networking giant finally gets tough with scammers operating on the site.…

Spam Act breach draws $AU55k wrist-slap

Nokia has fallen foul of the Australian Communications and Media Authority, incurring a $AU55,000 fine following consumer complaints over its SMS marketing practices.…

Ironic server-side flaw exploited, patch promised

McAfee is promising to patch a vulnerability in its hosted anti-malware service after it found a flaw that allowed systems where the product was installed to be turned into potential spam-relay nodes.…

Victims forced to pay stiff charges

Japanese police have arrested six suspected cyber-crooks over a one-click billing fraud scam that allegedly targeted sweaty smut surfers.…

Trojan coins millions for its masters, say researchers

Five suspected masterminds behind the infamous Koobface botnet have been unmasked in a move abetted by Facebook to put the heat on cyber-crimelords.…

Up to 24 million users zappwn3d

Online shoe and apparel outlet Zappos.com has apologised over a massive data breach that exposed the personal details of millions.…