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US politicians slated for spam tactics

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 9, 2006

Report criticises leaders for election-pushing mass mail campaigns.

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Email worm spams global war news

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 9, 2006

Bush and Putin still alive, no nuclear war ahead.

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US way ahead in phishing and spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 7, 2006

PhishTank, Sophos stats put US at top of lists.

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XMLHTTP zero-day exploit

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 7, 2006

ActiveX vulnerability in use by attackers.

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FBI busts phishing gang

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 6, 2006

Arrests made in Poland and US, more expected.

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Adware costs Zango $3 million

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 6, 2006

Cash and promises settle deceptive practices case.

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Wikipedia spam points to malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 3, 2006

Emails used archive function to lend authenticity.

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New OSX parasitic virus found

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 3, 2006

Symantec report proof-of-concept file infector for Mac.

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Spam worse than postal junk mail

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 3, 2006

Survey finds emails more irritating than unwanted paper.

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IE7 causing McAfee update problems

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 3, 2006

New browser version blocking install and updates.

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Major pump-and-dump campaign floods inboxes

Heavy stock scam barrage ups spam levels 30%.
Heavy stock scam barrage ups spam levels 30%. A major PDF pump-and-dump campaign has been reported, with massive numbers of mails spammed out. According to spam watchers at Sophos,… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/major-pump-and-dump-campaign-floods-inboxes/

FBI serves up Operation Bot Roast

Investigations identify more than 1 million victim IP addresses.
Investigations identify more than 1 million victim IP addresses. The FBI has announced the results of an ongoing initiative, dubbed 'Operation Bot Roast', which is aimed at… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/fbi-serves-operation-bot-roast/

Botnet DoS no longer profitable

Extortion attacks fall as herders find easier money elsewhere.
Extortion attacks fall as herders find easier money elsewhere. The use of armies of botnets to carry out denial-of-service attacks on lucrative websites, as a method of extorting… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/botnet-dos-no-longer-profitable/

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