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Patch Tuesday brings little relief from browser exploits

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 15, 2009

Six fixes issued, but new IE zero day emerges along with Firefox flaw.

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Korea DDoS surge mired in hype and confusion

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 15, 2009

Rows rumble on over sources and targets of botnet attacks.

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URL shorteners experience surge of popularity among spammers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 9, 2009

More than 2.2% of spam contains shortened URLs.

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Another IE zero day exploited

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 7, 2009

Second DirectShow vulnerability in six weeks labelled 'extremely critical'.

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Keyloggers used to loot US county

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 7, 2009

$415,000 sneaked from local government funds.

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Serious false positive hits users of old McAfee engines

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 7, 2009

Batch of system files wrongly flagged as malware, current versions not affected.

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VB announces latest VBSpam certification results

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 6, 2009

Two products achieve top level VBSpam Platinum award.

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July issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 1, 2009

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

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DKIM usage shows significant growth

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 29, 2009

US banks urged to use authentication method

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Latest AV-Comparatives results released

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 28, 2009

Retrospective figures follow up February test.

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'Son of Stuxnet' trojan found

'Duqu' used in targeted attacks to steal specific information.
'Duqu' used in targeted attacks to steal specific information. Researchers at both Symantec and McAfee have discovered a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) with strong links to Stuxnet… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/10/son-stuxnet-trojan-found/

Attack targets government agencies in CIS countries

Trojans used to steal specific files.
Trojans used to steal specific files. Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an ongoing targeted attack against, among others, government agencies and diplomatic missions in… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/09/attack-targets-government-agencies-cis-countries/

Windows Help Files used in targeted attacks

Files with code-executing properties attached to emails.
Files with code-executing properties attached to emails. Researchers at Symantec have discovered Windows Help Files being used in targeted attacks. Such help files, which use the… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/09/windows-help-files-used-targeted-attacks/

Adobe releases emergency update for Flash Player

Zero-day exploit actively being abused.
Zero-day exploit actively being abused.Adobe has announced it will release an update for its Flash Player on Friday 15 April, fixing a vulnerability that is currently being… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/04/adobe-releases-emergency-update-flash-player/

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