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Korea DDoS surge mired in hype and confusion

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 15, 2009

Rows rumble on over sources and targets of botnet attacks.

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URL shorteners experience surge of popularity among spammers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 9, 2009

More than 2.2% of spam contains shortened URLs.

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Another IE zero day exploited

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 7, 2009

Second DirectShow vulnerability in six weeks labelled 'extremely critical'.

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Keyloggers used to loot US county

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 7, 2009

$415,000 sneaked from local government funds.

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Serious false positive hits users of old McAfee engines

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 7, 2009

Batch of system files wrongly flagged as malware, current versions not affected.

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VB announces latest VBSpam certification results

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 6, 2009

Two products achieve top level VBSpam Platinum award.

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July issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 1, 2009

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

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DKIM usage shows significant growth

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 29, 2009

US banks urged to use authentication method

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Latest AV-Comparatives results released

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 28, 2009

Retrospective figures follow up February test.

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Gumblar compromise growth continues

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 20, 2009

Dominant web threat infecting still more vulnerable sites.

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VB2016 paper: Modern attacks on Russian financial institutions

Today, we publish the VB2016 paper and presentation (recording) by ESET researchers Jean-Ian Boutin and Anton Cherepanov, in which they look at sophisticated attacks against Russian financial institutions.
Today, we publish the VB2016 paper "Modern attacks on Russian financial institutions" (here in HTML format and here in PDF format) by ESET researchers Jean-Ian Boutin and Anton… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2016/december/vb2016-paper-modern-attacks-russian-financial-institutions/

Grum botnet's command-and-control servers shut down

Spam-sending botnet believed to be third largest in the world.
Spam-sending botnet believed to be third largest in the world. International co-operation between a number of parties has led to all command-and-control servers of the 'Grum'… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2012/07/grum-botnet-s-command-and-control-servers-shut-down/

Cybercriminals frustrated with botnet trackers

Drastic measures discussed by users of online forum.
Drastic measures discussed by users of online forum. Russian cybercriminals are willing to go to great lengths to frustrate services that hinder botnets created with the ZeuS and… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/03/cybercriminals-frustrated-botnet-trackers/

Spammers move from China to Russia

Stricter rules on registering .cn domains leads to increase in malicious .ru domains.
Stricter rules on registering .cn domains leads to increase in malicious .ru domains. A change in the rules of the organization responsible for registering .cn domains has resulted… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/02/spammers-move-china-russia/

Russian Business Network leaves Russia

Leading cybercrime hosting hub moves business to fresh pastures.
Leading cybercrime hosting hub moves business to fresh pastures. The notorious Russian Business Network (RBN), recently making headlines for the massive amounts of malicious and… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/11/russian-business-network-leaves-russia/

St. Petersburg US Consulate website hacked

Malware served by official government site.
Malware served by official government site. Web-watchers at Sophos have reported spotting malware hosted on the website of the US Consulate in St. Petersburg, using obfuscated… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/09/st-petersburg-us-consulate-website-hacked/

Estonian websites suffer wave of DoS attacks

Baltic republic accuses Russia of cyber-warfare.
Baltic republic accuses Russia of cyber-warfare. A wave of denial of service (DoS) attacks on Estonian websites has prompted the Estonian government to accuse its neighbour of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/estonian-websites-suffer-wave-dos-attacks/

DoS attacks support political unrest

Estonia rioting backed up by attacks on government websites.
Estonia rioting backed up by attacks on government websites. Severe rioting in Estonia, sparked by anger over the removal of a Russian monument from a prominent war memorial, has… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/dos-attacks-support-political-unrest/

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