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Taiwanese Trojan writer arrested

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 28, 2004

Suspect not a teenager for a change.

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Legislation: NZ makes a move

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 27, 2004

New Zealand government moves toward anti-spam legislation

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German government spammed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 27, 2004

Government email systems overwhelmed

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Cajun spammer tells it like it is

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 23, 2004

Straight talking spammer

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Spend, spend, spend for Symantec

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 20, 2004

Anti-spam company to become AV vendor's latest purchase

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No rest for German police

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 13, 2004

Arrest of suspected Sasser author, arrest of suspected Phatbot author and questioning of five more suspects - all within the space of 7 days.

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Buying and selling

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 13, 2004

Trend buys back shares, Sybari prepares to sell

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SpamCop at receiving end of a restraining order

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 12, 2004

Venerable spam reporting outfit SpamCop has had a restraining order granted against it on behalf of alleged spammer OptInRealBig.com.

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Law and order

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 6, 2004

Spamming set to become illegal in the Netherlands and other legislative news...

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Figures and fluctuations

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 6, 2004

Dips, increases and the cost of dealing with spam

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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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