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Phisher gets six years

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 14, 2007

Californian receives 70-month prison sentence, avoids 101 years behind bars.

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FBI serves up Operation Bot Roast

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 14, 2007

Investigations identify more than 1 million victim IP addresses.

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4 critical flaws patched this Patch Tuesday

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 13, 2007

Microsoft's June Security Bulletin covers range of vulnerabilities.

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Bugs found in Apple's new Windows browser within hours of release

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 13, 2007

Safari not so good-y.

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Spammer enters guilty plea

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 12, 2007

Admits to having spammed 1.2 million AOL customers.

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'Direct' cost of malware infections on the decline

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 12, 2007

Report finds direct costs from malware infections declined over last two years.

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Serious holes in Yahoo! Messenger

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 8, 2007

Critical vulnerabilities fully disclosed.

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Spam barrages take down filters, networks

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 7, 2007

Report shows increase in spam bombardment attacks.

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Amero case sent for retrial

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 7, 2007

Spyware popup teacher told earlier trial was flawed.

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Microsoft details 'Stirling' integrated suite

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 7, 2007

Comprehensive security product promised in next-gen Forefront.

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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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