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Weekend round-up

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 12, 2004

Narrowband blues, 2004 predictions, VeriSign scuttles Symantec, Dloader/Xombie

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 12, 2004

AMD and Intel prep technology to prevent buffer overflows at the hardware level.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 29, 2003

Anti-spam legislation in place.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 19, 2003

Calculating the average cost of a virus attack - estimates or guesstimates?

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 18, 2003

Computer security experts prepare to become special constables.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 1, 2003

IronPort Systems to purchase SpamCop

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Dec 1, 2003

Increase in spam in lead up to holiday season.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 15, 2003

Virus Bulletin calls for all speakers papers.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 4, 2003

Is BitDefender really staffed by Romanian vampire hackers...?

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Nov 1, 2003

US Senate approves federal anti-spam legislation.

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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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VB Blog

Weekend round-up

Security-conscious processors

US and UK spam legislation in place

Number crunching

SAS - the SysAsmin Service?

SpamCop snapped up

Seasonal spamming

VB2004 call for papers

The menace within

Unanimous vote for CAN-SPAM Act