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Latest flaws affect AV giants

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 11, 2007

Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities.

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ZOO archive issues hit security vendors

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 9, 2007

Errors handling rare format patched by four AV and anti-spam products.

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7 critical flaws patched on Patch Tuesday

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 9, 2007

May Security Bulletin covers wide range of vulnerabilities.

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Phishing moves into more new areas

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 9, 2007

Surveys, phone lines, USB sticks and call girls the latest tactics for spammers and phishers.

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Five ISPs hosting a third of malware, says study

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 9, 2007

StopBadware survey finds small group of ISPs most to blame.

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Law to stop spam reaching kids dubbed a failure

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 4, 2007

Utah registry to protect children's email leaks cash and addresses.

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Questionable false positive file removed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 4, 2007

Amendment to VB's April Linux comparative review.

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Microsoft to beat Symantec to corporate release punch

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 4, 2007

With Forefront due out soon, Symantec's latest release suffers further delay.

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I-SPY chases SPY-ACT through approval process

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 4, 2007

Second piece of US anti-spyware legislation given go-ahead.

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Touchy mail blocker upsets Gay

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 2, 2007

Content filter berates woman for using own name in mails.

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Storm e-card malware keeps on coming

No end to flood of fake friendly greetings.
No end to flood of fake friendly greetings. A further wave of e-cards carrying links to 'Storm' malware (various labelled Nuwar, Peacomm, Dorf, Zhelatin) has been hitting inboxes… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/storm-e-card-malware-keeps-coming/

Worries of Storm forming massive botnet

DDoS danger looms as infection levels boom.
DDoS danger looms as infection levels boom. Repeated waves of the 'Storm' trojan attacks continue to be spammed out, with the latest using more eCards to hook in still more… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/worries-storm-forming-massive-botnet/

Trojans and worms hiding behind games

Mario latest lure to hook victims on malware.
Mario latest lure to hook victims on malware. Social engineering techniques used to trick computer users into running malicious code on their systems concentrate around simple… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/trojans-and-worms-hiding-behind-games/

Fake updates and phony postcards carry malware

Microsoft patch and greetings card spams bring more trojans.
Microsoft patch and greetings card spams bring more trojans. Several spam runs posing as vulnerability alerts from Microsoft have been spotted in the last week, with links to… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/07/fake-updates-and-phony-postcards-carry-malware/

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