"It seems that the focus on financial fraud in the mobile malware industry will only get more pronounced over time," says Denis Maslennikov, a senior malware analyst at Kaspersky Lab. "Until recently, many people thought that malicious programs that send SMS messages without the user's knowledge were a purely Russian phenomenon. Now we can see that the problem no longer affects only Russian users -- it's becoming an international issue."

Of course, it's always worth noting that security vendors such as Kaspersky make their livings off of such worries, and, in some cases, stoking such worries. . . . But does anyone want to argue that he's wrong.

Court rules Kentucky does not own the Internet

No, the government of Kentucky cannot seize the domain names of offshore Internet gambling operations just because the governor disapproves of wagering and believes himself ruler of the free world.

In a 2-1 decision that can only be described as the grownups regaining control, the Kentucky Court of Appeals last week overruled a lower court decision that allowed Gov. Steve Beshear's Keystone Cops to confiscate 141 domain names last fall.