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Washingtonpost.com:

Host  of Internet Spam Groups Is Cut Off

The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide dropped drastically today
after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community
as a major host of organizations allegedy engaged in spam activity was
taken offline, according to security firms that monitor spam
distribution online. Read More...

PCworld.com:

ISP  Cut off From Internet After Security Concerns

A U.S. Internet service provider suspected of aiding cybercriminals in
online scams and hosting child pornography was at least partially cut
off from the Internet on Tuesday night. Read More...

Hackaday.com:

Company  shutdown causes 2/3rds drop in all spam

The Washington Post is reporting that the shutdown of one hosting
company has caused the total volume of spam to drop by 2/3rds.
The company in question is McColo Corp. Both Hurricane Electric and Global
Crossing pulled the plug today after a damning report revealed a number
of illegal activities happening on McColo’s servers. Read More...

theregister.co.uk:

Net provider  accused of coddling crooks yanked offline

Yet another network provider has been yanked offline after being
accused by security researchers of acting as the mothership that
allowed a large percentage of the world's spam operators and malicious
networks to thrive. Read More...

Rbnexploit.blogspot.com:

RBN - McColo  R.I.P.

russian business network in the USA takes another hit, and another
victory in the war against Internet badness. Read More...

Fergdawg.blogspot.com:

McColo:  Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline

A U.S. based Web hosting firm that
security experts say was responsible for facilitating more than 75
percent of the junk e-mail blasted out each day globally has been
knocked offline following reports from Security Fix on evidence
gathered about criminal activity emanating from the network. Read More...

security.nl:

Grootste  spambron op internet opgerold

Dutch blog.

eweek.com:

Notorious  Spam-Linked Web Hosting Service Goes Offline

McColo, a Web hosting firm believed to be responsible for hosting roughly
three-quarters of the world's spam, goes offline. Two of the firm's
primary ISPs reportedly cut ties with the company after receiving
evidence of McColo's ties to botnets and cyber-crooks. Read More...

internetrevolution.com:

Big  Spammer McColo Bites the Dust

You may have noticed I have been using the past tense about McColo.
At  approximately 4:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, Hurricane 
Electric, the main peer and transit partner for McColo, pulled the plug.

We at hostexploit.com ensured that Hurricane Electric was made aware of 
the contents of a new study just before publication. Read More…


msmvps.com:

Spam  levels are remaining low since McColo was king-hit...

View the graphs illustrating McColo’s influence.

internetnews.com:

Media  Spotlight Scatters a Botnet Host

Although ISPs routinely cut off access to sites and Web hosts accused of 
illegal or disruptive activity, what's unique about this story is that a 
mainstream media outlet had a hand in bringing down McColo, the U.S.-based 
Web host in question. Read More…

knujon.com:

McColo  - cyber crime USA

hostexploit presents the second cyber crime USA report which highlights those
Internet players that currently host the world’s major spam botnets (an 
estimated 50% of spam worldwide), malware, rogue PC security products, 
cybercrime affiliate payment systems, and child pornography. This study from
hostexploit.com is based on tracking and documenting ongoing cyber criminal
activity. As a result of the first report focusing on Atrivo / Intercage and
subsequent community actions, there was a quantitative drop of 10% of spam and
malware worldwide. Read More…

networkworld.com:

ISP  cut off from Internet after security concerns

A U.S. Internet service provider suspected of aiding cybercriminals in online 
scams and hosting child pornography was at least partially cut off from the 
Internet on Tuesday night.

The ISP (Internet service provider), McColo, had been under the watchful 
eye of computer security analysts for years. It is one of a handful of so-called 
"bulletproof" hosting providers that provide safe haven online for 
cybercriminals… Read More…

mercurynews.com:

cybercrime crusaders shut down shadowy Web hosting operations

HostExploit.com, a year-old alliance of Internet security entities that researches cybercrime and promotes self-policing of the Internet industry, singled out McColo as a grievous example of a company that specializes in hosting a wide range of illegal and dubious activities. Silicon Valley Internet security companies Trend Micro and McAfee contributed to hostexploit's report. Read More...

f-secure.com:

McColo Mole Whacked

McColo Corp. — major source of spam — was knocked offline earlier this week. And now there's a large decrease in the amount of spam being distributed... You can download a very detailed report on McColo from hostexploit.com. Read More...

intelfusion.net:

SoftLayer Technologies - Does the cyber war “Buck” Stop There?

President Truman made “The buck stops here” famous, but it remains as apropos today as it was back then. In this case, the question of where the buck stops is pertinent to any investigation into cyber war operations. Read More...

itworld.com

After weeklong fight, rogue ISP Troyak struggles for life

After an international take-down effort, a rogue ISP responsible for controlling large numbers of computers infected with data-stealing code is down for the moment, but it may be reconnecting with the Internet, according to security researchers.

Secretive group seeks recruits at Defcon, finds skepticism

A secretive volunteer group that tries to track terrorists and criminals on the Internet went to the Defcon hacker conference this past week in hopes of recruiting information security experts, but it will first have to overcome some skepticism.

That's because most information security professionals have never heard of the group, called Project Vigilant. The group's director, Chet Uber, came forward Sunday at a press conference run by Defcon organizers to try to recruit volunteers from among the show's attendees. Read more...

computerworld.com

Demand Media a home to badware, researchers say

As Demand Media gears up for its initial public offering, anti-spam advocates and online crime fighters say that the company needs to clean up its act.

In a report, released late Tuesday, hostexploit, a volunteer badware-tracking group, found that Demand Media's Internet service provider (ISP) business is hosting an abnormally large number of malicious Web pages, and far too many of the command-and-control servers that are used to send directions to hacked computers. Read more...