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Zitmo trojan for Android defeats two-factor authentication

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 11, 2011

Malware intercepts TANs sent via SMS.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 4, 2011

Large fraction of sites deemed 'spammy or low-quality'.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 1, 2011

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 30, 2011

Templates from social networking sites used to make messages appear legitimate.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 27, 2011

ChronoPay co-founder arrested for DDoS attacks on rivals.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 22, 2011

Latest VB100 results published - full report now also available.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 20, 2011

Android trojan makes use of root exploit.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 20, 2011

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 17, 2011

SpyEye configuration intercepts personal data submitted to legitimate websites.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 16, 2011

Man who threatened World Cup bookmakers with DDoS attack convicted.

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VB2019 paper: Spoofing in the reeds with Rietspoof

In a VB2019 paper Avast researchers Jan Sirmer, Luigino Camastra and Adolf Středa revealed full details of the Rietspoof malware. Today we publish their paper and the recording of the presentation given by Jan and Luigino in London.
Spoofing in the reeds with Rietspoof Read the paper (HTML) Download the paper (PDF) The Call for Papers for VB2020 in Dublin is open! Submit your abstract before… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2020/01/vb2019-paper-spoofing-reeds-rietspoof/

VB2017 video: Spora: the saga continues a.k.a. how to ruin your research in a week

Today, we publish the video of the VB2017 presentation by Avast researcher Jakub Kroustek and his former colleague Előd Kironský, now at ESET, who told the story of Spora, one of of the most prominent ransomware families of 2017.
First discovered at the beginning of the year, the Spora ransomware has become one of of the most prominent ransomware families of 2017, especially in Russia, a region it appears… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2017/12/vb2017-video-spora-saga-continues-k-how-ruin-your-research-week/

Malicious CCleaner update points to a major weakness in our infrastructure

Researchers from Cisco Talos have found that a recent version of the widely used CCleaner tool installed malware on the machine.
For the security community, 2017 might well be called the year of the update: two of the biggest security stories – the WannaCry outbreak and the Equifax breach – involved… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2017/09/malicious-ccleaner-update-points-major-weakness-our-infrastructure/

Avast acquires AVG for $1.3bn

Anti-virus vendor Avast has announced the acquisition of its rival AVG for 1.3 billion US dollars.
There was interesting news in the anti-virus world yesterday, as Avast announced the acquisition of its competitor AVG. Both companies were founded in the Czech Republic and… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2016/07/avast-acquires-avg-13bn/

Avast launches bug bounty programme

Security firm offers reward for info on bugs.
Security firm offers reward for info on bugs. Security firm Avast Software, producer of the popular avast! free anti-virus solution, has announced a bug bounty programme to… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2013/01/avast-launches-bug-bounty-programme/

774,000 Avast! pirates on 14-user licence

Wildly popular free solution not good enough for some.
Wildly popular free solution not good enough for some. Leading provider of free anti-malware products Avast Software has spotted that a single 14-user licence key, issued last… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/12/774-000-avast-pirates-14-user-licence/

Sophos joins free home AV crowd with Mac release

Business-focused firm takes first step into home-user arena.
Business-focused firm takes first step into home-user arena.Sophos has announced the release of a home-user edition of its Mac anti-malware solution, which is being given away free… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/11/sophos-joins-free-home-av-crowd-mac-release/

Avast gets $100m investment boost

Growth equity firm invests in Czech firm
Growth equity firm invests in Czech firmAvast Software, the Czech anti-malware firm famous for its free avast! software, has announced that growth equity investor Summit Partners… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/08/avast-gets-100m-investment-boost/

False positive problem hits avast! users

Human failure blamed for faulty update.
Human failure blamed for faulty update. A relatively small subsection of the massive user base for Alwil's ever-popular avast! products were hit by a string of false positives last… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2009/12/false-positive-problem-hits-avast-users/

VB Blog

Zitmo trojan for Android defeats two-factor authentication

Google delists all .co.cc domains from its index

July issue of VB published

Spammers using social network templates

International co-operation leads to scareware arrests

VB100 for Windows Server 2008 results published

DroidKungFu command and control server may be mobile device

Outlook spam phishes for SMTP credentials

Exploit kit targets customers of air travel websites

Botnet rented for online extortion