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Phishing for different markets

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 21, 2011

Scam emails trying to steal CO2 emission credits and World-of-Warcraft accounts.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 14, 2011

VB regulars Richard Marko and Andrew Lee appointed to top management roles.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 4, 2011

New botnet shares fast flux DNS and other similarities with Storm and Waledac.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 1, 2011

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 15, 2010

No sign of an end to vulnerability glut.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 14, 2010

Wildly popular free solution not good enough for some.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 14, 2010

As China corruption scandals rumble on, more rumours of malware writers in AV firms surface.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 2, 2010

Gang used customized malware bought on hacker forum.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 1, 2010

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 23, 2010

Hacker receives prison sentence.

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McAfee acquires website trust mark firm

ScanAlert certification system bought for $51 million.
ScanAlert certification system bought for $51 million.McAfee has bought ScanAlert, the firm behind the 'Hacker Safe' trust mark logo, carried by some 75,000 websites to indicate… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/mcafee-acquires-website-trust-mark-firm/

McAfee invests in encryption firm

SafeBoot acquired for $350 million.
SafeBoot acquired for $350 million.McAfee has announced the acquisition of encryption and device control specialist SafeBoot, which produces a range of security products for PCs… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/mcafee-invests-encryption-firm/

US users overestimating PC security

Survey finds people are less protected than they think.
Survey finds people are less protected than they think. A joint study carried out by McAfee and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has found that many US consumers wrongly… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/us-users-overestimating-pc-security/

AOL quietly drops free-to-all AV offering

Gratis software now for members only, old users may be at risk.
Gratis software now for members only, old users may be at risk. A month ago we reported on AOL's switch of providers for its free anti-virus software offering, from the… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/09/aol-quietly-drops-free-all-av-offering/

Webcam zero-day in Yahoo! Messenger

Video chat invites pose vulnerability danger.
Video chat invites pose vulnerability danger. A zero-day vulnerability has been reported in the webcam module of Yahoo! Messenger, allowing attackers remote access to systems open… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/webcam-zero-day-yahoo-messenger/

AOL drops Kaspersky for McAfee

Web giant changes provider of free security software for members.
Web giant changes provider of free security software for members. Giant ISP and web services provider AOL is offering a free, special edition version of McAfee security software to… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/aol-drops-kaspersky-mcafee/

Online malware dangers analysed

Google, McAfee release webserver, search result figures.
Google, McAfee release webserver, search result figures. Two reports out this week have revealed some interesting statistics on the security dangers involved in browsing the… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/online-malware-dangers-analysed/

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/

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Phishing for different markets

All change at the top for ESET

New peer-to-peer botnet discovered

January issue of VB published

Hefty Patch Tuesday bulletin rounds off bumper year

774,000 Avast! pirates on 14-user licence

Chinese whispers of malware writing and bribery in the industry

Russian ATM hackers arrested

December issue of VB published

18 months for member of m00p gang