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Pharmacy spammer gets 30 years

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 9, 2007

'Rizler' convicted on drugs, conspiracy and money laundering charges.

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Malware and phishing cost US users $7 billion in two years

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 8, 2007

Survey finds 1 in 4 risk of being hit by viruses, spyware and scams.

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Major pump-and-dump campaign floods inboxes

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 8, 2007

Heavy stock scam barrage ups spam levels 30%.

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AOL drops Kaspersky for McAfee

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 8, 2007

Web giant changes provider of free security software for members.

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August issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 1, 2007

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

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Trojans and worms hiding behind games

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 1, 2007

Mario latest lure to hook victims on malware.

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Security for critical infrastructures

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 1, 2007

DHS details security requirements for automated control systems.

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Worm trashes music files

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 1, 2007

MP3s targeted for destruction.

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Spammers sentenced

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 1, 2007

Sentences for first US spammer to be convicted under CAN-SPAM and Australian mobile phone marketers.

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AV market growth and predictions

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 1, 2007

Analysts report on industry growth and predict future growth.

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Trojans and worms hiding behind games

Mario latest lure to hook victims on malware.
Mario latest lure to hook victims on malware. Social engineering techniques used to trick computer users into running malicious code on their systems concentrate around simple… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/trojans-and-worms-hiding-behind-games/

New OpenOffice proof-of-concept widely noted

Odd payload, not spreading danger, brings attention to cross-platform worm.
Odd payload, not spreading danger, brings attention to cross-platform worm. A new proof-of-concept malware exploiting the OpenOffice document format has made headlines across the… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/new-openoffice-proof-concept-widely-noted/

Phishing moves into more new areas

Surveys, phone lines, USB sticks and call girls the latest tactics for spammers and phishers.
Surveys, phone lines, USB sticks and call girls the latest tactics for spammers and phishers. The latest social-engineering methods being put to use by phishers show no let up in… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/phishing-moves-more-new-areas/

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