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Phishing techniques

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 1, 2007

Sorin Mustaca documents common and emerging phishing techniques.

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News round-up

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 1, 2007

February's goings on in the anti-malware industry.

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Cartoon trojan threatens P2P users

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 28, 2007

Illegal Japanese file-sharers warned off by anime character malware.

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Trend troubled by further flaw

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 22, 2007

Second vulnerability unveiled this month only affects server products.

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FTC criticised for low adware fine

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 20, 2007

Latest DirectRevenue case nets mere $1.5 million penalty.

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Fujacks writers arrested in first for China

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 14, 2007

Eight seized for writing and selling cuddly panda malware.

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Trend hit by UPX vulnerability

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 8, 2007

Compression handling issue affects swathe of products.

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Massive attack on web root servers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 7, 2007

Large-scale DDoS barrage hits top-level DNS machines.

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Popular sites carrying Javascript attacks

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 5, 2007

Superbowl stadium among many hosting malware attack.

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Upcoming events

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Feb 1, 2007

Round up of this year's must-attend spam events.

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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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