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Major companies hosting spam bots

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 30, 2007

Zombies in corporate networks spotted pumping out spam.

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TJX hack thought biggest ever

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 30, 2007

Over 45 million card numbers gathered in massive breach.

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Woolworths to join UK AV market

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 23, 2007

Retail chain set to issue own-label software range.

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Search, link and trackback spam flooding web

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 22, 2007

Blogs, social sites and search results rivaling email for junk ads.

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Malware danger and profitability rising

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 22, 2007

Symantec, FBI reports show general increases in money-driven threats.

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Huge haul of ID data stolen by trojan

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 22, 2007

Smart Russian spyware gathered info 'unnoticed' for 54 days.

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MS admits serious problems with OneCare

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 19, 2007

Detection failures and other issues confirmed, improvements promised.

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RSA to provide trojan removal services

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 19, 2007

Anti-fraud system provides avenue for reporting and stopping targeted attacks.

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Yet more vulnerabilities in major security products

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 15, 2007

Serious McAfee buffer overflow flaws join yet another Trend UPX issue.

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No fanfare for Windows Server 2003 SP2

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 15, 2007

Major update release emerges in mysterious silence.

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Monster haul of data reaped from job site

Trojan gathers 1.6 million sets of jobseeker records.
Trojan gathers 1.6 million sets of jobseeker records. Researchers at Symantec have reported discovering a server carrying 1.6 million entries from the popular jobseeking website… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/monster-haul-data-reaped-job-site/

Serious flaws patched in Norton 2006 products

Symantec users warned of vulnerabilities.
Symantec users warned of vulnerabilities. Users of Symantec's popular Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security products are being urged to ensure they are running the latest… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/serious-flaws-patched-norton-2006-products/

Symantec, AVG suffer problems

Vulnerabilities and false positives strike major products.
Vulnerabilities and false positives strike major products.Symantec users have been warned of some serious issues with archive handling, across a wide range of software produced by… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/07/symantec-avg-suffer-problems/

Symantec presenter spotted using KAV

Another update embarrassment as rival software pops up.
Another update embarrassment as rival software pops up. After the recent damaging false positive incident in China, which has led Symantec to offer free software to those hit by… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/symantec-presenter-spotted-using-kav/

Symantec sued for false positive

Chinese FP issue leads to court case.
Chinese FP issue leads to court case. A Chinese lawyer has begun court proceedings against security firm Symantec, claiming damages as a result of the widely-publicised false… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/symantec-sued-false-positive/

Norton FP trashes Chinese systems

Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China.
Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China. A serious false positive, caused by an erroneous update to Symantec's Norton Anti-virus product range issued late… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/norton-fp-trashes-chinese-systems/

Symantec files 8 piracy suits

Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software.
Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software.Symantec has revealed that it has filed civil lawsuits against eight US and Canadian companies accused of selling counterfeit… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/symantec-files-8-piracy-suits/

Latest flaws affect AV giants

Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities.
Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities. Three of the biggest names in the security sector, McAfee, Symantec and CA, have all revealed details of flaws in their software… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/latest-flaws-affect-av-giants/

Microsoft to beat Symantec to corporate release punch

With Forefront due out soon, Symantec's latest release suffers further delay.
With Forefront due out soon, Symantec's latest release suffers further delay.Microsoft has announced the release to manufacture of Forefront Client, the corporate implementation of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/microsoft-beat-symantec-corporate-release-punch/

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