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Settlement reached in FTC vs Fuel MAX case

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 11, 2005

FTC settles a case against spammers peddling 'fuel-saving' product

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Trend Micro buys anti-spyware firm

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 11, 2005

Trend to augment its anti-spyware presence

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UN discusses spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 29, 2005

The United Nations (UN) Working Group on Internet Governance focuses on spam, network security and cybercrime

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Three (days) is the magic number

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 29, 2005

Virus Bulletin is very pleased to announce that this year the VB conference will run in a three-day format

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US early warning centre opens

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 29, 2005

Cyber Incident Detection Data Analysis Center announces the opening of its National Operations Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

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2.594.00 is not the magic number

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 23, 2005

Trend Micro forced to apologise to customers for faulty update file.

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Symantec wins piracy case

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 21, 2005

AV firm awarded $3.1 million in case against software pirate

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Car sales website fined for SMS spamming

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 5, 2005

Australian Communications Authority takes action

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Bankruptcy for Spam King

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 30, 2005

Microsoft lawsuit cited as reason for bankruptcy

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Mac virus-writing competition cancelled

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 30, 2005

Offer of $25,000 reward for OS X virus is withdrawn - for legal reasons

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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/

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/

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/

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