Why are botnets so hard to find

April 24, 2009 · Filed Under Blogs, Communities, Internet, Links · Comment 

The rise of the botnet has been help by the rise of social networking and other user friendly applications that are appearing on the internet these days.
A user hears of something good or is sent a link to a site that offers a new and exciting way of making friends; they often have to download [...]

Cybercops wanted

December 30, 2008 · Filed Under Communities, Domains, Hosting, Internet · Comment 

There are calls for the internet to be policed if the amount of frauds and threats to personal data are to be controlled, according to Mary Landesman of ScanSafe.
Recently there has been a huge increase in the amount of scareware being pushed around the internet; this is where computer users are being lured into downloading [...]