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'Windigo' research wins first annual Péter Szőr award

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 26, 2014

The first of many awards to commemorate brilliant researcher.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 25, 2014

Another day of excellent presentations.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 24, 2014

Almost £1,300 donated to WWF!

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 23, 2014

Fourteen blog posts look ahead at the 24th Virus Bulletin conference.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 22, 2014

Jérôme Segura looks at recent developments in malicious cold calls.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 19, 2014

Chun Feng and Elia Florio look at exploits targeting domain memory opcode in Adobe Flash.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 18, 2014

Some useful information for those attending VB2014 - or those interested in attending.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 17, 2014

Researchers from ESET, Yandex and Symantec look at emerging malware trend.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 16, 2014

Vulnerability disclosure one of the hottest issues in security.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 15, 2014

23 out of 29 tested products earn VB100 award.

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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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