Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Massive botnet ‘indestructible,’ say researchers — 4.5M-strong botnet ‘most sophisticated threat today’ to Windows PCs — Computerworld – A new and improved botnet that has infected more than four million PCs is “practically indestructible,” security researchers say.
GFI Labs blog:
Thousands of Tumblr Logins Stolen in Phishing Attack — The past few days have seen a rather aggressive phish attack targeting users of popular Microblogging service Tumblr. What started off as a strange (if rather basic) “click the link to see an advert” scam has now become a phishing problem …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
(Not so) Crazy Microsoft Rumors: Windows 8 to RTM in April 2012 — It’s been a while since I blogged about another of my (not so) crazy Microsoft rumors. It’s also been a while since I’ve heard any kind of an update on Windows 8 timing. In that spirit — here’s the latest …
Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:
Google’s SOE (Strategy of Everything) — As a Venture Capitalist, I occasionally hear entrepreneurs lay out a Strategy of Everything, a plan to be all things to all people. (SOE rhymes with TOE, the Theory of Everything, the Holy Grail of mathematical physics, only less attainable than the sacred object…)
Vanessa Fox / Search Engine Land:
How The Food Network Suddenly Spiked In Popularity & Why comScore Isn’t Buying It — In May 2011, the mantle of the most-trafficked food site according to comScore passed to Food Network from AllRecipes, who had held the position for over two years. What was its secret recipe?
Dan Gillmor / Guardian:
Can Icann really be necessary? — It’s a question worth asking as the body that oversees internet domain names will now permit any suffix you want – at a price — Are you ready for .xxx, .coke and .insertyournamehere? You’d better get ready, because an organisation with significant authority and scant accountability says you must.
J.B. / Fusible.com:
Will Zynga give The Sims on Facebook a run for its money with Familyville? — Electronic Arts is making some big waves in the social gaming world this week amid rumors the company is buying PopCap Games a direct competitor of Zynga. But that’s not the only news regarding EA and social gaming.
Bloomberg:
Go Daddy Said to Be in Talks for KKR, Silver Lake Purchase — Go Daddy Group Inc., an Internet domain-name and hosting company, is in talks to be bought by a group led by KKR & Co. and Silver Lake Partners for more than billion, according to a person with knowledge of the process.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
M Scareware Ring Used Conficker Worm — Authorities seized computers and servers in the United States and seven other countries this week as part of an ongoing investigation of a hacking gang that stole million by tricking people into buying fake anti-virus products.
Brad Burnham / Union Square Ventures:
The PROTECT IP Act Will Slow Start-up Innovation — As venture capitalists, we believe deeply in the value of decentralized, emergent, start-up innovation. The Internet has been an unusually fertile ground for this type of innovation largely because, for the first time in history …