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German anti-botnet advisory recommends the use of ad blockers for security

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 17, 2013

'If websites want to include ads, they must make sure they are secure.'

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Commoditization increasingly seen in mobile malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 16, 2013

Number of malicious samples and families increase, as Android remains most popular mobile platform.

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Program turns anti-analysis tools against the malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 14, 2013

Users cautioned to be wary of a false sense of security.

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Microsoft 'found to make requests' to URLs shared via Skype

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 14, 2013

HEAD requests likely used to determine landing page.

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Twitter, Facebook accounts used in watering hole campaign

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 13, 2013

USAID sympathizers targeted with links from 'like-minded people'.

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Microsoft offers fix-it for IE 8 zero-day

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 9, 2013

CVE-2013-1347 used in watering hole attacks.

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Vulnerabilities could trigger payload in emails upon receiving or opening

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 7, 2013

Flaws in IBM Notes and Exim/Dovecot easy to mitigate.

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Opposition activists in Asia and Africa targeted by spyware developed by Western companies

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 2, 2013

Mozilla angry about use of its brand and logo.

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VB100 XP comparative features new speed vs. detection graph

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2013

At-a-glance chart shows both detection rates and impact on system performance.

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WordPress pingback used for DDoS attacks

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2013

Millions of sites could potentially be used in attack.

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Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities.
Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities. Three of the biggest names in the security sector, McAfee, Symantec and CA, have all revealed details of flaws in their software… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/latest-flaws-affect-av-giants/

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Errors handling rare format patched by four AV and anti-spam products. A researcher has revealed details of flawed implementation of a somewhat archaic archive format, .zoo, which… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/zoo-archive-issues-hit-security-vendors/

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