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Zango not guilty on spyware charges

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 8, 2006

Spyware bad, adware OK, says court.

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MS sues UK spammer

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

Civil action avoids spam law technicalities.

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Spyware firms charged $2 million

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

FTC takes cash, bans from future naughtiness.

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'Magic Quadrant' study unveiled

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

AV industry future revealed - must do better.

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Nine years for spam felon

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Tough sentence upheld despite free-speech claims.

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Word zero-day exploited

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Trojan uses unpatched hole in office software.

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Subliminal message hidden in spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Mail campaign aims to sneak into readers' subconscious minds.

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Gromozon mystery clearing

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 5, 2006

Cleaner tool aims to remove sophisticated attack.

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Phishing on the rise

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 5, 2006

One in three malicious emails a phish, says MessageLabs.

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New New Zealand spam laws to allow spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 4, 2006

Adjustments to laws may let 'non-commercial' spam continue.

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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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