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May issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2011

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

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VB announces Virus Bulletin for Kindle

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 19, 2011

VB joins the e-book generation.

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Scammers take advantage of Epsilon data breach

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 18, 2011

Trojan hidden as security tool for affected customers.

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Department of Justice shuts down Coreflood botnet

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 15, 2011

'Stop' command sent from replaced command and control servers.

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First AV-Test certifications of 2011 published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 15, 2011

22 products scored on multiple scales in quarterly test report.

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Adobe releases emergency update for Flash Player

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 14, 2011

Zero-day exploit actively being abused.

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Ransom trojan demands Windows re-activation

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 12, 2011

Criminals make money through calls to supposedly free phone number.

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AV-Comparatives unveils latest on-demand results

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 12, 2011

20 products rated in large-scale detection tests.

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RSA gives insight into anatomy of attack on its systems

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 5, 2011

Publicly available information used to spear phish employees.

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Major email service provider suffers data breach

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 5, 2011

Financial institutions among affected customers.

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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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