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Standardised malware naming for the new year

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 25, 2004

An end to the virus-naming problem?

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Most spammed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 19, 2004

Think you've got it bad? Spare a thought for Bill.

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29A virus writer sentenced

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 18, 2004

Member of notorious virus-writing group found guilty.

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Latest VGrep

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 5, 2004

The latest version of the virus name lookup tool - VGrep, is now available.

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Phishy goings on

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 29, 2004

Fewer than five zombie network operators are responsible for all Internet phishing attacks worldwide according to CipherTrust...

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Spam becomes a collectors' item

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 29, 2004

British man sets up his own Museum of Spam.

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Dial a detection

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 29, 2004

Guidance issued on how to deal with rogue Internet diallers ('porn diallers')

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Storms put the wind up spammers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 29, 2004

Significant decline in the volume of spam messages seen in the days immediately following the three recent hurricanes.

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November issue released

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 29, 2004

The Virus Bulletin November issue is on its way.

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Spam gets the sniffles

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 28, 2004

Spammers seize the opportunity to cash in on the US flu vaccine problem.

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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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