According to Mathew Nisbet a malware analyst and Matt Sergeant an anti-spam technologist of Symantec, Rustock appears to have resurrected on January 10, 2011 and is once again spewing the largest amount of spam worldwide. TG DAILY published this on January 12, 2011.

An erstwhile employee of Transportation Security Administration (TSA), proved guilty of installing malware onto a computer utilized for scanning airline passengers, has been punished with a 2-year imprisonment along with an order to hand over $60,000 to TSA as compensation for damages. WIRED THREAT LEVEL published this in news on January 12, 2011.

Security researchers from RSA the security company say they've identified a compilation service of Zeus binaries within the secret world of cyber-crime that assists novice scammers incur low expenses while launching their own activities.

Microsoft, on January 11, 2011, as part of its monthly release of security bulletin under Patch Tuesday that happens on every month's 2nd Tuesday, issued merely 2 patches, repairing an overall 3 security flaws among which just one has been labeled "critical," the highest rating on the software giant's 4-stage scale.