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I last reported on November 13 that spam had taken a major nose dive after mycolo.com was shut down. Unfortunately, during the past few days I am angst to report that spam has returned with a vengeance. According to Computerworld,  spammers are regaining control over Srizbi botnet and here we go again… likebot_bgcolor = ”; [...]

A botched case.  A computer illiterate detective.  Malware.  The makings for a good movie?  This only tended to piss me off and then I cried.  Take a peek at The JulieGroup Justice would have been a proper investigation at the outset before she lost her baby, her reputation, her job, and ultimately, her good health.  [...]

BBC news reported that a computer worm shut down three London hospitals on Monday.  According to E-Health Insider the hospitals — St. Bartholomew’s, the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, and The London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green — are part of a single system, Barts and The London NHS Trust. The culprit is believed to [...]

Shockingly, I’ve noticed a definite drop in spam today.  Surprisingly Teksquisite’s Outlook junk folder does not hold one spam message. Of course I am delighted – almost every morning there is a minimum of at least a dozen new spam messages in the Tek junk folder.  My personal Gmail account was also down in volume [...]

Kaspersky Lab reported on November 7 that malicious links were placed on as many as 10,000 web servers. News reports state that the attackers most likely used SQL injection (SQLi) or compromised accounts at these sites.  I’m guessing that they used SQLi! “We’re estimating that in the last two days alone, between 2,000 and 10,000 [...]