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Digital attacks encroach on real world

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 10, 2009

Car park flyers trick victims to malicious site.

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Valentine's lures lead to infection

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 10, 2009

Predicted spate of romance hooks under way.

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Kaspersky website suffers SQL vulnerability

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 10, 2009

Hackers gain access to tables, no user data stolen.

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AMTSO meets again to discuss better testing

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 4, 2009

Further documents developed at Cupertino meeting.

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February issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 1, 2009

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

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AVG acquires Sana Security

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 13, 2009

Behavioural experts added to growing portfolio.

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Researchers crack into Storm botnet

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 13, 2009

Comms channels decrypted, automated removal possible.

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MS report finds phishing revenues overhyped

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 13, 2009

Huge earnings may be myth, say researchers.

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Virus Bulletin announces new anti-spam certification scheme

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 8, 2009

Independent security testing body to certify anti-spam products.

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Texan firm sues whole security world

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 6, 2009

Swathe of major security providers cited in patent infringement case.

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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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