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Samsung site hosting malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 8, 2006

Websense reports trojans found on electronics giant's servers.

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Zango not guilty on spyware charges

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 8, 2006

Spyware bad, adware OK, says court.

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MS sues UK spammer

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

Civil action avoids spam law technicalities.

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Spyware firms charged $2 million

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

FTC takes cash, bans from future naughtiness.

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'Magic Quadrant' study unveiled

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

AV industry future revealed - must do better.

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Nine years for spam felon

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Tough sentence upheld despite free-speech claims.

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Word zero-day exploited

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Trojan uses unpatched hole in office software.

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Subliminal message hidden in spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Mail campaign aims to sneak into readers' subconscious minds.

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Phishing on the rise

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 5, 2006

One in three malicious emails a phish, says MessageLabs.

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Gromozon mystery clearing

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 5, 2006

Cleaner tool aims to remove sophisticated attack.

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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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