Google Maps for Command & Control

You've probably heard about the protests going on in London concerning the proposed uptick in University fees and the way in which some of the actions (from both sides) have gotten out of hand.

We'll it appears that Google Maps has/is been/being used for command and control of the various protesting actions by some - tracking where the police/brocades/ambulances are etc.

It's an interesting use of the mapping technology.

Student protesters use Google Maps to outwit police on the Metro.co.uk

Where are those botnet CnC's at?

If you're building or managing a botnet of more than a few thousand victim machines, where and how you host your command and control (CnC) servers is damned important.
Where were the bad guys hosting there CnC servers for the first half of the year? Damballa has just released a blog covering the top-10 worst offender service providers as well as a breakdown by country. Guess who's at the top of the lists...

Botnet Hosting (H1 2010) Blog