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Rogue anti-malware targets Mac users

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 15, 2008

Scam expands horizons to draw in new market of victims.

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Spam printing proof-of-concept revealed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 14, 2008

Lack of security allows websites to send spammish content to network printers.

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Hundreds of legitimate websites being hacked into

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 14, 2008

New mass infection leaves security researchers puzzled.

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SQL attack hacks wide range of sites

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 8, 2008

CA among victims of major attack linking sites to malware.

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Batch of Dutch MP3 players ships with malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 8, 2008

Worm included as unwanted extra for music lovers.

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Usual fare for holiday season

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 8, 2008

Storm ecards and social site spyware mark unsurprising year end.

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FTC notes malicious spam on the rise

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

FTC reports on a decade of spam fighting.

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Guidelines issued for UK hacker tool ban

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

Government issues guidelines in response to lobbying.

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January issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

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

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Spammers and scammers in court

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

Spammers required to pay $200,000; 419 scammers face prison sentence.

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Storm e-card malware keeps on coming

No end to flood of fake friendly greetings.
No end to flood of fake friendly greetings. A further wave of e-cards carrying links to 'Storm' malware (various labelled Nuwar, Peacomm, Dorf, Zhelatin) has been hitting inboxes… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/storm-e-card-malware-keeps-coming/

House of Lords warns of e-crime fears

Report recommends harder, smarter fight against online dangers.
Report recommends harder, smarter fight against online dangers. A major report by the Science and Technology Committee of the UK's House of Lords has found the internet to be rife… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/house-lords-warns-e-crime-fears/

Worries of Storm forming massive botnet

DDoS danger looms as infection levels boom.
DDoS danger looms as infection levels boom. Repeated waves of the 'Storm' trojan attacks continue to be spammed out, with the latest using more eCards to hook in still more… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/worries-storm-forming-massive-botnet/

Spam barrages take down filters, networks

Report shows increase in spam bombardment attacks.
Report shows increase in spam bombardment attacks.MessageLabs' monthly report on the latest trends in spam has warned of an alarming rise in 'spam spikes', targeted attacks which… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/spam-barrages-take-down-filters-networks/

Estonian websites suffer wave of DoS attacks

Baltic republic accuses Russia of cyber-warfare.
Baltic republic accuses Russia of cyber-warfare. A wave of denial of service (DoS) attacks on Estonian websites has prompted the Estonian government to accuse its neighbour of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/estonian-websites-suffer-wave-dos-attacks/

Botnet DoS no longer profitable

Extortion attacks fall as herders find easier money elsewhere.
Extortion attacks fall as herders find easier money elsewhere. The use of armies of botnets to carry out denial-of-service attacks on lucrative websites, as a method of extorting… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/botnet-dos-no-longer-profitable/

DoS attacks support political unrest

Estonia rioting backed up by attacks on government websites.
Estonia rioting backed up by attacks on government websites. Severe rioting in Estonia, sparked by anger over the removal of a Russian monument from a prominent war memorial, has… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/dos-attacks-support-political-unrest/

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