It seems like botnets are getting more sophisticated - we thought the Storm Worm was pretty hot, but some of these new contenders are showing the guys on the dark side has some advanced understanding of technology and the architecture many companies use…this enables them to get deeper inside and remain undetected

Researchers have unearthed two [...]

Hacking for money again? Well not really in this case, more like script kiddying for money - modifying an ‘off the shelf’ malware/bot package to evade detection and then cashing in on spamware affiliate fees.
I guess they could have made much with a 400,000 bot network - by renting it out for DDoS attacks to [...]

It seems like malware pushers have found another avenue to delivery their payloads, Embassy websites. Which makes sense as they are probably not maintained well nor updated often meaning the chance they are easily compromised is quite high.
Plus a lot probably use off the shelf CMS software, which when not updated is a playground for [...]

Ah I remember some of the nastiest viruses back in the day attaching themselves in the MBR (Master Boot Record) rendering most anti-virus software useless (as it sits on top of the OS).
Now it seems MBR infection is back in fashion for a new age of rootkits.

Security mavens have uncovered a new class of attacks [...]

We’ve covered quite a few Storm stories - now it seems there is a new player in town, which could possibly the most advanced malware and botnet instigator so far.
It’s also something I’ve predicted before, peer to peer malware networks running without a command and control server, no single point of failure and much more [...]

It seems like malware numbers are going up, rather than down as I would expect. But then if you think about it as a numbers game, the more people that come online - the more in absolute terms that are going to have nefarious intent. This means more hackers, more script kiddies and more malware.
It’s [...]

So what’s coming next, after Storm you might ask. You might remember Storm Worm Descending on Blogspot recently and other news about Botnets spiraling out of control accounting for almost 25% of online computers.
Well apparently next will be p2p or peer to peer Botnets which could literally blow Storm away.

You know about the Storm Trojan, [...]

Apparently he stopped his naughty activities back in 2006, but still…a guy that is supposed to securing machines was installing malware and had a bot totaling about a quarter of a million zombies.
Most used for info gathering, Paypal accounts and installing Malware for comission, he claims to have made $19,000 in a week installing TopConverting [...]

If I recall this is not the first time this has happened, delivering viral payloads via banner ads and flaws in scripting.
It seems that malware peddlers are getting more aggressive though, it obviously shows there is actual monetary value in infecting people and stealing their data.
A subtle form of social engineering too, by leveraging on [...]

It seems like spammers, scammers, phishers and now malware authors are starting to leverage blogs more and more, especially Blogger/Blogspot as Google tend to be quite slow in responding and sometimes don’t respond at all.
This makes it an ideal platform for dodgy behaviour as the crooks have adequate lead time to con/infect people before they [...]