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Figures and fluctuations

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 6, 2004

Dips, increases and the cost of dealing with spam

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Spam on the catwalk

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 6, 2004

Spammer extraordinaire launches own clothing line

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NAI reverts to McAfee

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 5, 2004

Network Associates Inc. (NAI) to streamline and adopt (not so) new name.

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Call for papers: AVAR 2004

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 2, 2004

AVAR calls for papers

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Symantec vulnerabilities

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 20, 2004

eEye reports four new Symantec vulnerabilities

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Business news

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 18, 2004

Acquisitions and new product lines

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Shrinking violets

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2004

Consolidation in the anti-spam industry

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No bull?

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2004

Eset vs. BullGuard

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New sentencing, new legislation

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2004

United States Sentencing Commission gets busy...

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Patent for Postini

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 31, 2004

Postini wins U.S. patent for email filtering

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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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