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IEEE announces Anti-Malware Support Service

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 6, 2014

'Software taggant system' and 'clean file metadata exchange' discussed at previous VB conferences.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 1, 2014

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 24, 2014

Eddy Willems' book is a pleasant read on an important subject.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 21, 2014

'Bitcrypt' authors confused their bytes and digits.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 19, 2014

No excuse for sending error reports in cleartext.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 13, 2014

M3AAWG workshop to deal with fighting telephony abuse.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 6, 2014

All solutions on test blocked at least 99.4% of spam, but some struggled with false positive issues; survey also shows few products support DMARC.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 1, 2014

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 31, 2014

Macros disabled in modern versions of Office, but enabled within many organisations.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 30, 2014

Sysadmins can check hashes of processes against file-checking service database.

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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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VB Blog

IEEE announces Anti-Malware Support Service

March issue of VB published

'Cyberdanger' informs general audience of IT security

Researchers crack ransomware encryption

Windows Error Reporting used to discover new attacks

Tech support scammers won't give up

At least 99.4% of spam blocked in recent Virus Bulletin test

February issue of VB published

Macro viruses make a return in targeted attacks

VirusTotal support integrated into new version of Process Explorer