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September issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 1, 2009

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

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Take-down of rogue ISP sees temporary drop in spam levels

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 28, 2009

Spam levels back to normal within a few days.

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Unspam files lawsuit against unnamed cybercrooks

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 25, 2009

Anti-spam firm hopes to force banks to share more information on attacks.

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Anti-Obama sentiments used in spam campaign

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 21, 2009

'DDoS software' turns out to be malware.

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ICANN adopts new domain tasting policy

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 21, 2009

'Free temporary registrations' come to an end.

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Yahoo! re-opens e-postage discussion

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 21, 2009

'CentMail' to benefit charities, harm spammers.

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August issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 3, 2009

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

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McColo shutdown not felt the same by all recipients

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 21, 2009

Mailbox-level reduction may depend on spam detection methods.

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Yxe trojan infecting mobile phones

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 21, 2009

Symbian software-signing slipup certifies SMS spambot.

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Call for last-minute technical papers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 17, 2009

Submissions invited for technical 'turbo' talks at VB Geneva.

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DMARC: an imperfect solution that can make a big difference

US Senator Ron Wyden has asked the Department of Homeland Security to implement DMARC. Martijn Grooten looks at what difference this could make for phishing attacks impersonating the US federal governent.
US Senator Ron Wyden has written a letter (pdf) to the Department of Homeland Security, urging the US government to implement DMARC to "ensure hackers cannot send emails that… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2017/07/dmarc-imperfect-solution-can-make-big-difference/

TorrentLocker spam has DMARC enabled

Use of email authentication technique unlikely to bring any advantage.
Use of email authentication technique unlikely to bring any advantage. Last week, Trend Micro researcher Jon Oliver (who presented a paper on Twitter abuse at VB2014) wrote an… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2015/03/torrentlocker-spam-has-dmarc-enabled/

Impressive results in latest VBSpam test

Excellent performances in spam filter test - plus evidence of a correlation between spam 'passing' SPF and an increased delivery rate.
Excellent performances in spam filter test - plus evidence of a correlation between spam 'passing' SPF and an increased delivery rate. No fewer than ten anti-spam solutions… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2013/02/impressive-results-latest-vbspam-test/

EU report suggests 95% of email is spam

Less than five per cent of all SMTP connections result in an email being delivered into a user's inbox.
Less than five per cent of all SMTP connections result in an email being delivered into a user's inbox. A survey carried out by the European Network and Information Security Agency… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/01/eu-report-suggests-95-email-spam/

VB announces latest VBSpam certification results

Two products achieve top level VBSpam Platinum award.
Two products achieve top level VBSpam Platinum award. Virus Bulletin has announced the results of its second comparative review of anti-spam products, revealing two top-level… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2009/07/vb-announces-latest-vbspam-certification-results/

DKIM usage shows significant growth

US banks urged to use authentication method
US banks urged to use authentication method In a report on its website, Internet giant Cisco states it has been seeing almost 700,000 non-spam messages that contain valid DKIM… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2009/06/dkim-usage-shows-significant-growth/

Sender authentication checks on the rise

SPF records creep into top ten content triggers checked by ISPs.
SPF records creep into top ten content triggers checked by ISPs. A report by email marketing software provider Lyris has revealed that use of the Sender Policy Framework (SPF)… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/09/sender-authentication-checks-rise/

Unsafe computing in abundance

Reports and statistics on unsafe computing practices.
Reports and statistics on unsafe computing practices. Last month saw a flurry of reports and statistics on unsafe computing practices. To kick off, almost a quarter of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/09/unsafe-computing-abundance/

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