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Trojan steals money from bank accounts via 'training session'

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 21, 2011

Social engineering circumvents banking security

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 20, 2011

Browsers and operating systems had already revoked trust in Dutch CA.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 20, 2011

Important lessons for companies engaging in social media.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 19, 2011

Good practice means good performance.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 14, 2011

Files with code-executing properties attached to emails.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 14, 2011

Latest VBSpam results published - full report now also available.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 5, 2011

Fake certificates signed for CIA, Mossad, Google, Facebook.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 1, 2011

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 26, 2011

Email with malicious attachment uploaded to online scanning service

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 17, 2011

Spam filters less likely to block current malware campaigns.

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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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Trojan steals money from bank accounts via 'training session'

Diginotar declared bankrupt

Bank's Twitter account hacked to send phishing messages

Confirmed newsletter subscriptions half as likely to be blocked

Windows Help Files used in targeted attacks

Latest VBSpam certification results published

Iranians spied on using rogue DigiNotar certificates

September issue of VB published

Researchers find email used in RSA hack

Explosive growth of malicious spam