When people think of Google Docs we think of the ultimate replacement of Microsoft Word – for free however more and more people are using Docs storage repository for unusual and some times unlawful material as some spammers have just found out. Google will work with the authorities to stomp this out

FBI agents targeting alleged criminal spammers last year obtained a trove of incriminating documents from a suspect’s Google Docs account, in what appears to be the first publicly acknowledged search warrant benefiting from a suspect’s reliance on cloud computing. MORE

BBC reports that some of the latest Microsoft security updates for Windows XP will not be installed on machines infected with a rootkit virus. A rootkit is sneaky malware that buries itself deep inside the Windows operating system to avoid detection.

Microsoft said it had taken the action because similar updates issued in February made machines infected with the Alureon rootkit crash endlessly. The latest updates can spot if a system is compromised by the Alureon rootkit and halt installation. MORE

Apple released its much anticipated iPad for sale on April 3, 2010. Exploiting the product’s publicity, Internet scammers are targeting it through spam.

Tech Website, namely GeekSugar.com highlights that spam e-mails are being unleashed seeking people who will test the iPad. Users receiving the e-mails are taken onto Testitandkeepit.com that requests for iPad product testers spanning a few months. The site offers compensation in the form of the iPad itself. But, a prominent indication of the ruse’s tricky nature is that it asks for the recipient’s password and e-mail ID so that his friends too can be intimated. MORE

AMSTERDAM, 13th of April 2010. Dutch anti-spam law causes 85% drop in semi-legitimate spam sent out, 39 businesses received an official warning! MORE

Another high profile death. Another recycled scareware tactic attemping to lure users to download malware by telling them that their PC is infected with a virus. We saw it after the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Natasha Richardson earlier last year. Now the attention of cyber criminals has turned to Monday’s death of the Polish President -Lech KACZYNSKI (Rest In Peace) as the dish of the day for malware terrorists. MORE