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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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Yet more Word zero-day woes

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 15, 2006

Possible third vulnerability in popular software exploited.

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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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SMS trojan targets Android users in eight western countries

Will another piece of mobile malware convince Google manager of the seriousness of the threat?
Will another piece of mobile malware convince Google manager of the seriousness of the threat? Researchers at Kaspersky have discovered an SMS trojan for Android phones that… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/11/sms-trojan-targets-android-users-eight-western-countries/

Zitmo trojan for Android defeats two-factor authentication

Malware intercepts TANs sent via SMS.
Malware intercepts TANs sent via SMS. A new variant of the Zitmo trojan has been discovered that infects mobile devices running the Android platform and which intercepts SMS… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/07/zitmo-trojan-android-defeats-two-factor-authentication/

DroidKungFu command and control server may be mobile device

Android trojan makes use of root exploit.
Android trojan makes use of root exploit. Researchers at Fortinet have discovered a command and control server for the 'DroidKungFu' Android trojan that appears to be a mobile… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/06/droidkungfu-command-and-control-server-may-be-mobile-device/

AVG to acquire DroidSecurity

Security firm set to expand solutions to mobile devices.
Security firm set to expand solutions to mobile devices. Czech security firm AVG has announced the acquisition of Tel Aviv-based DroidSecurity, a specialist in cloud-based… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/11/avg-acquire-droidsecurity/

Android SMS trojan goes wild

Premium-rate text scam shows growing cracks in smart phone security.
Premium-rate text scam shows growing cracks in smart phone security. The first known SMS trojan affecting smart phones running Google's Android operating system has been observed… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/08/android-sms-trojan-goes-wild/

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