Hunting Badware

Security often is discussed in super-serious terms, using metaphors and analogies from the military or medical communities to underscore the gravity of the situation. But the truth is, some of this stuff is pretty funny, and the folks at StopBadware.org know this. To explain the way that attacker...

Top Crimeware Hosting Provider Taken Offline

VolgaHost, a hosting provider notorious in the security community for hosting botnet command-and-control servers and other services related to online crime has been taken offline, and a number of servers involved in the Zeus crimeware operation are offline, as a result. The hosting provider, whic...

Which ISPs Are Hosting the Bad Guys?

Security blogger Brian Krebs has compiled lists of the top 10 ISPs who are hosting the worst botnets, spam, phishing, and other malware from independent tracking organizations. These lists come from: Stop Badware, F.I.R.E., Phishtank, Zeustracker, Malware Domain List, Arbor Top ASN List, Emerging...