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Phishing on rise, but anti-phishers fighting back

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 16, 2008

As UK banking body reports major increase in phishes, PayPal unveils blocking strategy.

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Latest Patch Tuesday update released

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 9, 2008

Microsoft announces five 'critical' vulnerabilities need fixing.

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'Kraken' monster botnet causing controversy

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 9, 2008

As latest botnet scare debated, Storm keeps on blowing.

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HP ships infected USB keys

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 9, 2008

Autorun worms found on batch of server setup devices.

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Google Groups and Blogspot used to serve malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 7, 2008

Company finds own IP address to be serving most malware.

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Users of online banking 'should have adequate protection'

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 4, 2008

New UK banking code says customers who keep their PCs secure will not be responsible for losses due to online theft.

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Less than 30 per cent of smartphone users have AV installed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 3, 2008

Experts disagree on the need for specialist mobile AV protection.

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Average spam message size at record low

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 3, 2008

No decrease of bandwidth usage as number of spam messages keeps increasing.

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April Storm

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2008

April Fools' Day emails contain new variant of infamous worm.

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April issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2008

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

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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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