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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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April issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2011

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

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Keylogger on Samsung laptops proves to be false alarm

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 31, 2011

AV product wrongly flags malware based on existence of directory.

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South Korea proposes to make security software mandatory

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 30, 2011

Law enables government to search PCs of those who do not comply.

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Rogue SSL certificates issued for popular websites

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 24, 2011

Certificates revoked, but browsers still need to be updated.

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Cutwail botnet sent 1.7 trillion spam messages

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 18, 2011

Operators made several million through botnet.

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Spam levels take a nose dive as Rustock apparently taken down - update

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 17, 2011

Eerie silence from Rustock botnet. Microsoft reported to have co-ordinated take down.

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Increase in use of mobile anti-malware protection

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 16, 2011

Poll shows smartphone users more likely to use anti-malware protection on their phones than three years ago.

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Taking Brain home

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 14, 2011

Short film features Mikko Hyppönen returning first PC virus to its birthplace.

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Tsunami response quick among cybercriminals

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 11, 2011

Miscreants releasing scams, phishing, scareware... within a matter of hours.

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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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