The first version of Sobig prompted infected computers to download Trojans that had been invisibly parked at Geocities, Yahoo's free Web-hosting service.

FORBES: Criminal Outbreak

The industry's leading trade group, the National Association of Campus Stores, tested a Web-site hosting service for independent campus stores at five schools for several months and announced a widespread rollout of the program set for spring.

CNN: Online booksellers go back to school

Their original strategy was to go after Web-hosting firms and Internet service providers looking for cheap computing muscle.

FORBES: Attack From Below

The deal gives Nextlink a toehold in Europe, high-speed data lines, web-hosting and e-commerce services and the right to haul traffic for Internet service providers.

FORBES: "We're On A Collision Course"

Spamhaus accused Cyberbunker, a Dutch Web-hosting company, of coordinating the so-called distributed denial-of-service attack against it, according to a report by the British Broadcasting Corp.

WSJ: Cyberattack on Spam Fighter Said to Be Over