According to Microsoft, it has been able to trace the person responsible for the Kelihos network of bots, which contaminated PCs with viruses for gaining hold over the systems and then maliciously utilized them for dispatching junk e-mails to other computers through Outlook and Hotmail e-mail accounts.

An e-mail scam, which has been spreading fast, distributes phishing messages pretending to be from FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), the Federal Reserve Bank, or NACHA (National Automated Clearing House Association), which potentially contaminate recipients' PCs by dropping malware, as also enable the phishers to gain admission into the victims' bank accounts, reported FBI dated January 23, 2012.

A largely prevalent malware campaign that dropped a Trojan during the recent years has been the DNSChanger campaign, which involved altering the configurations of the Domain Name System server associated with infected PCs so traffic maybe redirected onto harmful servers, published Cnet on January 23, 2012.

The cyber police unit of the Kyoto Prefectural Police declared that suspects had been arrested following accusation that they infringed upon Japan's Cyber-Crime Law. Actually, it's alleged that the suspects created as also utilized one-clickware for invoicing scams involving single clicks. Loan ToolZ published this dated January 18, 2012.