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Report: VB100 comparative review on Windows Server 2012

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 15, 2014

23 out of 29 tested products earn VB100 award.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 12, 2014

Call to use end-to-end encryption and to deploy DNSSEC.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 12, 2014

FireEye researchers show a large attack vector for Apple's mobile operating system.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 11, 2014

Trick shows that spammers still try to beat content-based filters.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 11, 2014

Aditya K. Sood and Rohit Bansal study the malware's behaviour when ran on a physical machine.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 10, 2014

Use of single XOR key leaves ransomware open to known-plaintext attack.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 9, 2014

Richard Ford and Marco Carvalho present an idea for how to test products that claim to detect the unknown.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 5, 2014

Hot topics to be covered at VB2014 conference in Seattle.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 3, 2014

Aditya K. Sood and Rohit Bansal dissect botnet primarily used for financial fraud.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 2, 2014

Hong Kei Chan and Liang Huang describe the various aspects and the evolution of point-of-sale malware.

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VB2018 preview: The botnet landscape - live threats and steps for mitigation (Small Talk)

In a Small Talk at VB2018, Spamhaus's Simon Forster will present the organization's research into the botnet landscape and will discuss with the audience topics such as how the rise of anonymzation techniques and the hosting of botnets on well-regarded cl…
Whether they're used to send spam, to perform DDoS attacks, or as a proxy network for other kinds of nefarious activities, botnets remain a prominent tool for cybercriminals, and… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2018/09/vb2018-preview-botnet-landscape-live-threats-and-steps-mitigation-small-talk/

Spamhaus report shows many botnet controllers look a lot like legitimate servers

Spamhaus's annual report on botnet activity shows that botherders tend to use popular, legitimate hosting providers, domain registrars and top-level domains when setting up command-and-control servers.
Of all the annual security reports and blog posts that look back at the previous year, that of Spamhaus is one I particularly look forward to, as it always comes with good and… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2018/01/spamhaus-reports-shows-many-botnet-controllers-look-lot-legitimate-servers/

Spamhaus CIO calls for those running open DNS resolvers to be fined

Open DNS resolvers instrumental in many DDoS attacks.
Open DNS resolvers instrumental in many DDoS attacks. At the Cyber Security Summit in London, Richard Cox, CIO of DNS blacklist provider Spamhaus, called on the UK government to… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2013/11/spamhaus-cio-calls-those-running-open-dns-resolvers-be-fined/

Dutchman arrested in Spain for DDoS attacks on Spamhaus

Suspect drove around in 'mobile bunker' to co-ordinate attacks.
Suspect drove around in 'mobile bunker' to co-ordinate attacks. Police in Spain have arrested a 35-year-old Dutchman, believed to be responsible for the DDoS attacks on Spamhaus… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2013/04/dutchman-arrested-spain-ddos-attacks-spamhaus/

Correction to VBSpam results

Spamhaus and SURBL results re-evaluated.
Spamhaus and SURBL results re-evaluated. The most recent VBSpam results incorrectly stated that SURBL failed to detect a blacklisted URL in any of the emails in the Wombat feed of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2012/11/correction-vbspam-results/

Dutch ISP sues Spamhaus for 'extortion'

Blacklist entries 'unfair and illegal'.
Blacklist entries 'unfair and illegal'. Dutch ISP A2B Internet has sued The Spamhaus Project, claiming the project unfairly blacklisted its IP range. A2B provides the upstream… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/10/dutch-isp-sues-spamhaus-extortion/

Bulletproof hosting firm claims legitimacy

Crime-laden Russian service threatens to sue detractors.
Crime-laden Russian service threatens to sue detractors. A notorious Russian firm offering 'bulletproof hosting' - website hosting services with a guarantee that sites will not be… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/bulletproof-hosting-firm-claims-legitimacy/

Spamhaus $11 million fine thrown out

Appeal court quashes earlier e360 compensation ruling.
Appeal court quashes earlier e360 compensation ruling. Anti-spam operation Spamhaus, previously ordered to pay $11 million to mass-mailing firm e360 Insight after refusing to… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/09/spamhaus-11-million-fine-thrown-out/

Spoof Spamhaus ads spammed out

Mail campaign claims to promote spam fighters.
Mail campaign claims to promote spam fighters. Spam-fighting organisation Spamhaus has been subjected to an attack on its reputation this week, with a sizeable campaign of spams… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/07/spoof-spamhaus-ads-spammed-out/

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Report: VB100 comparative review on Windows Server 2012

DNS cache poisoning used to steal emails

VB2014 preview: Apple without a shell - iOS under targeted attack

Left-to-right override makes a return in spam

Paper: Prosecting the Citadel botnet - revealing the dominance of the Zeus descendent: part two

Crypto blunder makes TorrentLocker easy to crack

VB2014 preview: The three levels of exploit testing

VB2014 preview: last-minute papers added to the programme

Paper: Prosecting the Citadel botnet - revealing the dominance of the Zeus descendent: part one

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