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June issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 1, 2014

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

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Virus Bulletin announces Péter Ször Award

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 23, 2014

'Brilliant mind and a true gentleman' commemorated through annual award for technical security research.

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1 in 500 secure connections use forged certificate

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 13, 2014

For reasons ranging from relatively good, to actual malware.

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May issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2014

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

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AOL spam spreads 'NotCompatible' Android trojan

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 23, 2014

AOL responds by following Yahoo! in setting strict DMARC policy.

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Yahoo's DMARC policy wreaks havoc among mailing lists

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 15, 2014

Collateral damage in instruction to reject emails with invalid DKIM signatures.

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A week of Heartbleed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 14, 2014

OpenSSL vulnerability has kept the security community busy.

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VB2014 programme and keynote announced

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 9, 2014

Exciting range of topics to be covered at VB conference in Seattle this September; Katie Moussouris to deliver keynote address.

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OpenSSL vulnerability lets attackers quietly steal servers' private keys

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 7, 2014

Security firm advises regenerating keys and replacing certificates on vulnerable servers.

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April issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2014

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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