I DON’T THINK THIS COUNTS AS PROGRESS: The rise of the point-and-click botnet. “In 2005, a Russian hacker group known as UpLevel developed Zeus, a point-and-click program for creating and controlling a network of compromised computer systems, also known as a botnet. Five years of development later, the latest version of this software, which can be downloaded for free and requires very little technical skill to operate, is one of the most popular botnet platforms for spammers, fraudsters, and people who deal in stolen personal information.”

Personally, I’d be skeptical of a hacker site offering “free downloads.” But that’s just me . . . .