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Anti-spammer loses case

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 1, 2006

Anti-spam activist sued in case that brings enforceability of state anti-spam laws into question.

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Stocking filler

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 1, 2006

Collection of 419 baiting tales.

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Festive greetings

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 1, 2006

Yuletide wishes.

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EU demands better spam and malware fighting

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 29, 2006

Commission report calls for smarter response to online onslaught.

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Worm targets old Symantec hole

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 29, 2006

Long-patched vulnerability attacked by new Spybot.

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Europe facing 38 billion spams a day by 2010

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 29, 2006

Research group releases report on future spam trends.

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Vulnerability hits F-Secure gateway products

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 29, 2006

Flaw in OpenSSL could allow DoS on servers.

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Spyware pushers let off fines

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 23, 2006

FTC reduces punishment for crooks 'unable to pay'.

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Severe vulnerability hits Mac OSX

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 23, 2006

Exploit published for gaping DMG hole.

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McAfee in anti-phishing confusion

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 22, 2006

Latest study rates all filters poorly, slates SiteAdvisor.

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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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