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Monday, January 04, 2010

Top Ten Must-Read DDanchev Posts For 2009


The following ten posts have been featured due to their insightful content, comprehensiveness of the topic covered, and due to plain simple exclusivity in the time of publishing, and not necessarily based on page views.

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01. Conficker's Scareware/Fake Security Software Business Model
02. Koobface Botnet's Scareware Business Model - Part One and Part Two
03. Inside a Money Laundering Group's Spamming Operations
04. A Peek Inside the Managed Blackhat SEO Ecosystem
05. Iranian Opposition DDoS-es pro-Ahmadinejad Sites
06. Koobface Botnet Redirects Facebook's IP Space to my Blog
07. Standardizing the Money Mule Recruitment Process
08. Koobface Botnet Starts Serving Client-Side Exploits
09. The SMS Ransomware series - SMS Ransomware Displays Persistent Inline Ads; SMS Ransomware Source Code Now Offered for Sale; 3rd SMS Ransomware Variant Offered for Sale; 4th SMS Ransomware Variant Offered for Sale; 5th SMS Ransomware Variant Offered for Sale; 6th SMS Ransomware Variant Offered for Sale
10. The Koobface Gang Wishes the Industry "Happy Holidays"

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