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ClamAV taken over by Sourcefire

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 20, 2007

Snort maker buys into open-source AV.

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Phish poses as Sophos malware alert

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 20, 2007

Fake security alarm lures users to spoofed site.

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Storm e-card malware keeps on coming

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 17, 2007

No end to flood of fake friendly greetings.

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Webcam zero-day in Yahoo! Messenger

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 17, 2007

Video chat invites pose vulnerability danger.

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14 flaws fixed in bumper Patch Tuesday

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 17, 2007

Critical remote execution and hijack holes closed.

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Facebook users warned of phishing dangers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 14, 2007

41% happy to hand out personal data to strangers.

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AV testing practices questioned

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 14, 2007

Professional and amateur tests criticised.

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House of Lords warns of e-crime fears

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 10, 2007

Report recommends harder, smarter fight against online dangers.

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Serious flaws patched in Norton 2006 products

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 10, 2007

Symantec users warned of vulnerabilities.

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57% of spam scam sites hosted in US

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 9, 2007

Study investigates sites and servers linked to from spam.

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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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