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Spammers and scammers in court

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

Spammers required to pay $200,000; 419 scammers face prison sentence.

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More rogue Flash ads

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

Rogue ads infiltrate Expedia and Rhapsody sites.

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Prolific spammer indicted

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

Notorious spammer Alan Ralsky charged with spamming and stock fraud.

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Mortgage spam rockets

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

Spammers take note of US interest rate cuts.

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All in the name

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

Grisoft becomes AVG.

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Magic lanterns shine at terrorists

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 19, 2007

Virus Bulletin finds 40% of users think governments should write viruses to bug terrorists.

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$3.2 billion lost in phishing attacks in 2007

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 18, 2007

Gartner survey reveals US losses to phishing gangs.

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Zero-day exploit for Japanese word processor Ichitaro

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 18, 2007

Trend Micro notes increase in regionally targeted attacks as trojan becomes latest to exploit a Ichitaro flaw.

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Survey finds 75% lose trust in data-loss firms

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 13, 2007

Security breaches seriously undermining public respect.

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VB100 update

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 12, 2007

Several issues resulting from recent Windows 2000 test cleared up.

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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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