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New RFC grants DKIM improved status

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 23, 2011

Email signing method now 'Draft Standard'.

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Trojan steals money from bank accounts via 'training session'

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 21, 2011

Social engineering circumvents banking security

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Malicious spam campaigns leave experts puzzled

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 21, 2011

Increase in malware in spam has not led to increase in malicious activity.

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Diginotar declared bankrupt

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 20, 2011

Browsers and operating systems had already revoked trust in Dutch CA.

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Bank's Twitter account hacked to send phishing messages

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 20, 2011

Important lessons for companies engaging in social media.

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Confirmed newsletter subscriptions half as likely to be blocked

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 19, 2011

Good practice means good performance.

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Windows Help Files used in targeted attacks

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 14, 2011

Files with code-executing properties attached to emails.

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Latest VBSpam certification results published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 14, 2011

Latest VBSpam results published - full report now also available.

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Iranians spied on using rogue DigiNotar certificates

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 5, 2011

Fake certificates signed for CIA, Mossad, Google, Facebook.

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September issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 1, 2011

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

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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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