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Worm trashes music files

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 1, 2007

MP3s targeted for destruction.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 1, 2007

Sentences for first US spammer to be convicted under CAN-SPAM and Australian mobile phone marketers.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 25, 2007

XLS files follow PDFs as junk email ad vector.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 25, 2007

Researcher finds flaws in ESET, Panda and Norman AV software.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 23, 2007

Virus Bulletin is seeking submissions from those wishing to present last-minute technical papers at VB2007 in Vienna.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 19, 2007

Interactive system rated best blocker in questioned survey.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 19, 2007

Trojan hides personal data, demands money with menaces.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 18, 2007

Managed services provider thought ripe for acquisition.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 18, 2007

Ads could be targeted at users based on local system data.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 16, 2007

Police swoop on Poste Italiane spam scam gangs.

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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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Series of products hit by vulnerabilities

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Study promotes challenge-response for anti-spam

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Microsoft files adware system patent

26 phishing arrests in Italy