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IEEE announces Anti-Malware Support Service

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 6, 2014

'Software taggant system' and 'clean file metadata exchange' discussed at previous VB conferences.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 1, 2014

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 24, 2014

Eddy Willems' book is a pleasant read on an important subject.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 21, 2014

'Bitcrypt' authors confused their bytes and digits.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 19, 2014

No excuse for sending error reports in cleartext.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 13, 2014

M3AAWG workshop to deal with fighting telephony abuse.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 6, 2014

All solutions on test blocked at least 99.4% of spam, but some struggled with false positive issues; survey also shows few products support DMARC.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 1, 2014

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 31, 2014

Macros disabled in modern versions of Office, but enabled within many organisations.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 30, 2014

Sysadmins can check hashes of processes against file-checking service database.

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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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VB Blog

IEEE announces Anti-Malware Support Service

March issue of VB published

'Cyberdanger' informs general audience of IT security

Researchers crack ransomware encryption

Windows Error Reporting used to discover new attacks

Tech support scammers won't give up

At least 99.4% of spam blocked in recent Virus Bulletin test

February issue of VB published

Macro viruses make a return in targeted attacks

VirusTotal support integrated into new version of Process Explorer