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June issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 1, 2014

The June issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

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Virus Bulletin announces Péter Ször Award

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 23, 2014

'Brilliant mind and a true gentleman' commemorated through annual award for technical security research.

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1 in 500 secure connections use forged certificate

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 13, 2014

For reasons ranging from relatively good, to actual malware.

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May issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2014

The May issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

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AOL spam spreads 'NotCompatible' Android trojan

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 23, 2014

AOL responds by following Yahoo! in setting strict DMARC policy.

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Yahoo's DMARC policy wreaks havoc among mailing lists

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 15, 2014

Collateral damage in instruction to reject emails with invalid DKIM signatures.

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A week of Heartbleed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 14, 2014

OpenSSL vulnerability has kept the security community busy.

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VB2014 programme and keynote announced

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 9, 2014

Exciting range of topics to be covered at VB conference in Seattle this September; Katie Moussouris to deliver keynote address.

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OpenSSL vulnerability lets attackers quietly steal servers' private keys

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 7, 2014

Security firm advises regenerating keys and replacing certificates on vulnerable servers.

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April issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2014

The April issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

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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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