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US court: passwords reasonable security for online banking

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 10, 2011

Security question considered second authentication factor.

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Sophos red flags Google Analytics

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 10, 2011

Popular analytics tool mistakenly flagged as 'high risk'.

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Malicious PHP script hides bad stuff inside 'white-space'

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 9, 2011

Spaces and tabs used to encode into binary.

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Banking malware hosted on Amazon's cloud servers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 6, 2011

Trojan targets mostly Brazilian banks.

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Facebook scam serving malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 1, 2011

Attack targeting Windows and Mac users in US and UK.

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June issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 1, 2011

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

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95% of spam monetized through three banks

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 25, 2011

Financial infrastructure possible bottleneck for spammers.

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Spammers use unicode trick to manipulate file names

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 16, 2011

Windows executable appears to be Word document.

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Zeus source code leaked

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 10, 2011

Banking trojan among the most advanced of its kind.

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Canada new hotbed for cybercriminal activity

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 10, 2011

Country's IP addresses less likely to be scrutinized.

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New paper: A review of the evolution of Andromeda over the years

The Andromeda botnet (aka Gamarue or Wauchos) has plagued Internet users for more than half a decade but, following a takedown effort and the arrest of the suspected botnet owner in December 2017, it is likely we have seen the end of it. In a new paper by…
In December last year, a joint operation involving law enforcement agencies and many security firms led to the dismantling of the Andromeda botnet, also known as Gamarue or… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2018/02/new-paper-review-evolution-andromeda-over-years/

VB2014 paper: Duping the machine - malware strategies, post sandbox detection

James Wyke looks at malware that takes extra steps to frustrate researchers.
James Wyke looks at malware that takes extra steps to frustrate researchers.Since the close of the VB2014 conference in Seattle in October, we have been sharing VB2014 conference… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2015/01/paper-duping-machine-malware-strategies-post-sandbox-detection/

VB2014 preview: Duping the machine - malware strategies, post sandbox detection

James Wyke looks at four difference decoy methods.
James Wyke looks at four difference decoy methods.In the weeks running up to VB2014 (the 24th Virus Bulletin International Conference), we will look at some of the research that… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2014/08/preview-duping-machine-malware-strategies-post-sandbox-detection/

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