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MS sues UK spammer

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

Civil action avoids spam law technicalities.

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Spyware firms charged $2 million

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

FTC takes cash, bans from future naughtiness.

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'Magic Quadrant' study unveiled

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

AV industry future revealed - must do better.

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Nine years for spam felon

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Tough sentence upheld despite free-speech claims.

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Word zero-day exploited

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Trojan uses unpatched hole in office software.

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Subliminal message hidden in spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Mail campaign aims to sneak into readers' subconscious minds.

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Phishing on the rise

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 5, 2006

One in three malicious emails a phish, says MessageLabs.

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Gromozon mystery clearing

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 5, 2006

Cleaner tool aims to remove sophisticated attack.

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New New Zealand spam laws to allow spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 4, 2006

Adjustments to laws may let 'non-commercial' spam continue.

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CA in Windows FP

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 4, 2006

eTrust identifies critical file as virus.

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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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