Muddling Meerkat Linked to Domain Spoofing in Global Spam Scams

Infoblox cybersecurity researchers investigating the mysterious activities of 'Muddling Meerkat' unexpectedly uncovered widespread use of domain spoofing in malicious spam campaigns...

Ransomware Activity Spikes in March, Steadily increasing throughout 2016

UPDATE June 15, 2016: This post has been updated to include new data on ransomware activity, which is also now broken down by region. Cyber extortion for financial gain is typically carried out in one of two ways. The first method is a business disruption attack – a category we discussed at lengt...

Spam Report: USA No Longer The World's Most Obnoxious Nation

For the first time in recent memory, the United States is no longer among the world’s premier spam distributors. In fact, the US isn’t even in the top ten, according to a new report from Kaspersky Lab. The U.S., once a preeminent leader in pushing out spam e-mail now only occasionally appears in...

Spam Down 40 Percent in Rustock's Absence

The takedown of the Rustock botnet has measurably reduced the amount of spam e-mail, according to an IBM Internet Security Systems report. IBM said it has observed a sustained drop off of between 35% and 40% in global spam levels almost a week after law enforcement in the U.S. and abroad, along...

Rustock Botnet: Dead Or Just Reloading?

Reports indicate that the massive drop in spam levels are linked to the sudden disappearance of the Rustock botnet. However, recent history suggests the interruption may only be temporary. Spamhaus’s Composite Spam Blocklist CBL claims that dozens of Rustock’s internet servers, which for years ha...

Botnet Crackdowns Staunch Spam…For a Month

The crackdowns on massive, spam-spewing botnets disrupted the global flow of spam e-mail…for about a month. That, according to a new report out from Kaspersky Lab. “Spam in the Third Quarter of 2010” is the latest, quarterly report from Kaspersky’s anti virus research labs. It finds that several...