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Trend launches bot blocking service

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 26, 2006

Botnet-spotting system watches for bad DNS behaviour.

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More than 90% of email is spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 22, 2006

Spamhaus founder estimates spam levels significantly higher than other industry monitors.

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Canadians row with Sony over DRM

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 22, 2006

Rootkit battles still going.

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Vista issues worry vendors

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 22, 2006

Security firms complain about monopoly tactics.

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Unofficial VML patch released

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 22, 2006

Security task force issues stop-gap fix for IE hole.

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AV guru Jimmy Kuo heads to Microsoft

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 20, 2006

Industry veteran joins others from McAfee.

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AIM worm warning

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 19, 2006

AOL IM users at risk from botnet-building attack.

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Spam King sued again

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 19, 2006

Serial spammer charged with more spamming.

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Zero-day exploit targeting IE flaw

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 19, 2006

'Extremely critical' buffer overflow used to drop spyware.

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FTC shuts down spammers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 18, 2006

Four spam companies hit by CAN-SPAM rulings.

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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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