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Sexy pics push Skype malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 17, 2007

Messaging attack hides behind photo of girl in stilettos.

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US lengthens lead as top spammer

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 13, 2007

Rivals improve record to leave US spamming rate a standout.

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Major seeding of Storm trojans seen

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 13, 2007

Latest wave of variants followed up by further fake warnings.

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Spam-fighters coalition formed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 13, 2007

ICSA announces cooperative forum of anti-spam developers.

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New exploits emerge in wake of Patch Tuesday

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 13, 2007

Security update release cycle leads to attack release cycle.

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Microsoft reveals more issues on Patch Tuesday

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 11, 2007

Fix for earlier .ani patch and another Vista issue included in batch.

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Linux/iPod proof-of-concept sighted

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 11, 2007

New minority platform joins infectable list.

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UK ISP association issues spam guidelines

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 5, 2007

ISPA best practices document advises providers on spam control.

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Kaspersky patches series of vulnerabilities

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 5, 2007

ActiveX and overflow issues allowed remote data theft, local system attacks.

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Spam costing US companies over $70 billion per year

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 4, 2007

Survey finds junk email costs $713 per head in loss of productivity.

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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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