TechWeb's Internet Evolution Maps the Web's 'Axis of Evil'

Wednesday Oct 8, 02:00 PM PDT Spam, child porn, illegal pharmaceuticals, and stolen data thrive under an international "badware" network that spans China, Estonia, Russia, the United States, and beyond NEW YORK, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Defying geography and law enforcement, the Internet's "Axis of Evil" is anchored by the Russian Business Network (RBN) and supported by a series of organized criminal cyber networks and ISPs that look the other way, according to a report released today on Internet Evolution. Other points along this so-called axis with RBN include Cernel, Esthost, EstDomains, Hostfresh, and Rove Digital, among many others. While spam email is the most visible manifestation of the axis at work, it's also one of the milder byproducts, according to Mary Jander, ThinkerNet Editor for Internet Evolution. "Their real... [read full story]