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Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 29, 2014

Credentials sent to attacker by built-in SMS functionality.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 24, 2014

Unsophisticated scam shows the high level of commoditization of today's cybercrime.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 21, 2014

It's possible that smart devices are sending spam, but it wouldn't make any difference.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 1, 2014

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 10, 2013

Tools, ideas and research presented in Nantes.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 9, 2013

Hackers, network security researchers encouraged to submit abstracts for the conference.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 1, 2013

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 29, 2013

Open DNS resolvers instrumental in many DDoS attacks.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 28, 2013

Vulnerability being used in the wild in combination with exploit of patched Adobe Reader vulnerability.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 21, 2013

Making dragnet surveillance harder justifies using weak form of encryption.

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/

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/

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/

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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