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Box-ticking mentality leads to insecurity

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 6, 2013

Credit card company fails to understand how authentication works.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 5, 2013

New Tor version should help the network deal with increased traffic.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 4, 2013

Traffic appears as requests to Google or Yandex.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 2, 2013

Files in Prefetch directory supposedly show malware infections.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 1, 2013

The September issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 30, 2013

We speak to Joe Blackbird and Bill Pfeifer about how anti-malware protection states affect infection rates.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 29, 2013

Role of node in a botnet dependent on whether the IP address is blacklisted.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 27, 2013

Transactional emails not delivered if the account's owner has changed in the meantime.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 23, 2013

We speak to Gunter Ollmann about the growing need to assess corporate security defences from a hacker's perspective.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 16, 2013

We speak to Roman Unuchek about malicious redirection of mobile users, his research interests, and what he aims to bring to VB2013.

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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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SMS trojan targets Android users in eight western countries

Zitmo trojan for Android defeats two-factor authentication

DroidKungFu command and control server may be mobile device

AVG to acquire DroidSecurity

Android SMS trojan goes wild