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Researchers demonstrate how IPv6 can easily be used to perform MitM attacks

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 12, 2013

Many devices simply waiting for router advertisements, good or evil.

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ATM manufacturer pays respects to hacker who broke into its systems

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 9, 2013

Both Barnaby Jack and Triton showed how white-hat hacking should be done.

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VB2013 speaker spotlight

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 9, 2013

We speak to VB2013 presenters Ilya Rabinovich and Randy Abrams about their research, Windows 8 security, and what they aim to bring to VB2013.

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Are Gmail's new advertisements in breach of CAN-SPAM?

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 8, 2013

Marketers upset about 'emails' that you can't unsubscribe from.

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Thousands of websites affected by nameserver hijack redirecting visitors to malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 6, 2013

DNS caching causes attack to have a long tail.

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Firefox 17 zero-day exploit targets users of Tor network

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 5, 2013

Visitors to child abuse websites likely target of operation, but will there be collateral damage?

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VB2013 speaker spotlight

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 2, 2013

We speak to VB2013 presenters Mark Kennedy and Igor Muttik about their research interests and what they aim to bring to VB2013.

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There is no 'I know what I am doing' trump card in security

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 2, 2013

NSA activities could make millions avoid US-based services.

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August issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 1, 2013

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

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VB2013 speaker spotlight

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 26, 2013

We speak to VB2013 presenters Axelle Apvrille and Karine de Pontevès about their research interests and what they aim to bring to VB2013.

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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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