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European mailer society signs spyware charter

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 15, 2006

Direct marketeers' association adopts code of good behaviour.

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US Postal Service accused of spamming

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 15, 2006

Customer email campaign in breach of CAN-SPAM regulations.

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Putting a price on spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 14, 2006

Email-forwarding system lets users set a fee to let spam through.

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Ransom attacks hit webmail

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 14, 2006

Accounts held hostage by data-stealing extortionists.

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Patch Tuesday leaves Word open to attack

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 13, 2006

Old and new zero-day vulnerabilities to remain unpatched.

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Sophos vulnerabilities found, patched

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 13, 2006

Fixes issued for archive handling problems.

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Smartphone security sphere to reach $5 billion by 2011

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 11, 2006

Market analysts foresee boom in mobile threats and security market.

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MIME tricks beat email virus scanners

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 11, 2006

Simple encoding dodges slip malware past gateways.

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Adobe hit by second vulnerability

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 8, 2006

More document software security worries.

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Anti-spyware activists condemn rogue MP3 search firm

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 8, 2006

CDT and StopBadware unite in call for action against spyware pushers.

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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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