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April issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2010

The April issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

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VB2010 conference programme announced

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 26, 2010

Schedule for Vancouver security conference announced after bumper crop of submissions.

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Estonian virus writer sent to jail

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 11, 2010

Author of Allapple virus sentenced.

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Morphing PDFs in new SEO poisoning trick

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 5, 2010

Harmless documents replaced by web pages containing malicious code.

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Botnet taken down as ringleaders are arrested

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 3, 2010

'Mariposa' included almost 13 million zombies.

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March issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 1, 2010

The March issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

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Spammers move from China to Russia

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 24, 2010

Stricter rules on registering .cn domains leads to increase in malicious .ru domains.

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Nearly 20% still running IE 6

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 22, 2010

VB poll finds users still running outdated browser despite campaigns to boycott it.

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Warrant issued for arrest of cyclist turned hacker

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 17, 2010

Cyclist accused of planting trojan at dope testing lab.

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Out-of-band patch release from Adobe

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 17, 2010

Unscheduled update released by Adobe.

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Microsoft issues emergency patch

Out-of-cycle update fixes serious, wormable flaw.
Out-of-cycle update fixes serious, wormable flaw.Microsoft has issued an emergency update to cover a serious vulnerability in the Windows Server service, breaking its usual monthly… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/10/microsoft-issues-emergency-patch/

Four critical updates this Patch Tuesday

11 updates to be issued by Microsoft in October's monthly patch release: 4 critical.
11 updates to be issued by Microsoft in October's monthly patch release: 4 critical.Microsoft has prepared a total of 11 updates for the October round of its monthly patch release… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/10/four-critical-updates-patch-tuesday/

Four critical updates in Patch Tuesday release

Monthly security update small but vital.
Monthly security update small but vital.Microsoft has released its monthly 'Patch Tuesday' batch of security updates, with only four items on the list but all of them marked… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/09/four-critical-updates-patch-tuesday-release/

'Olympic' emails contain malicious XLS attachments

Malware writers sprint to use vulnerabilities before next Patch Tuesday.
Malware writers sprint to use vulnerabilities before next Patch Tuesday. Security researchers have reported seeing emails containing XLS attachments designed to exploit a yet… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/03/olympic-emails-contain-malicious-xls-attachments/

Bumper Patch Tuesday short of one patch

Excel remains vulnerable as expected fix is dropped.
Excel remains vulnerable as expected fix is dropped.Microsoft has issued its monthly 'Patch Tuesday' set of security updates, with a larger than usual crop of patches for a variety… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/02/bumper-patch-tuesday-short-one-patch/

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