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Probation for Magold author

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 25, 2004

Magold author sentenced, Finnish Lasku author arrested.

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Spammer to pay $40,000

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 22, 2004

Spam King agrees to settlement with NY State.

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McAfee plans move to Ireland

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 21, 2004

Emerald Isle lures another AV firm.

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Two victories, a settlement and a reduction in spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 21, 2004

Despite there currently being no US laws regarding SMS spam.

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Virus in your pocket

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 20, 2004

Latest proof-of-concept virus affects Pocket PC.

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Court victory for Microsoft

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 16, 2004

Spammer ordered to pay $4 million damages to Microsoft.

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Bumper quarter for Symantec

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 15, 2004

Profits more than doubled since last year.

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AOL employee colludes with spammers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 8, 2004

AOL victim of inside job.

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The world from an email marketer's point of view

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 7, 2004

Anti-virus and security related articles provided by independent anti-virus advisors, Virus Bulletin

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UN to curb spam within two years

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 7, 2004

UN aims to bring spam under control by 2007.

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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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