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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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Google blog spreads Kama Sutra worm

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 9, 2006

MyWife variant mailed to 50,000 video blog watchers.

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AOL ICQ vulnerability revealed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 9, 2006

Chat program remote execution flaw patched.

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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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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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