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MySpace wins record payout in case against spammers

Posted by Virus Bulletin on May 14, 2008

'Spam Kings' Wallace and Rines fined maximum amount under federal law.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on May 9, 2008

SiteAdvisor data to help check security of search results.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on May 7, 2008

Anti-malware insights pooled at AMTSO, CARO and EICAR meetings.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on May 6, 2008

Many users worried about lack of knowledge.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on May 1, 2008

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 25, 2008

Blogs on Google's blogging system redirect to spam sites.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 24, 2008

United Nations and UK Government sites among those infected by SQL injection.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 16, 2008

Only 12% of users trust their spam filter sufficiently not to bother sifting through spam folder.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 16, 2008

As UK banking body reports major increase in phishes, PayPal unveils blocking strategy.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 16, 2008

Both sides of debate targeted to spread malicious code.

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Ebury and Mayhem server malware families still active

Ebury and Mayhem, two families of Linux server malware, about which VB published papers back in 2014, are still active and have received recent updates.
Whether it is to send spam or to redirect web traffic to malicious payloads, compromised (Linux) web servers are the glue in many a malware campaign. Two such networks of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2017/10/ebury-and-mayhem-server-malware-families-still-active/

Malicious CCleaner update points to a major weakness in our infrastructure

Researchers from Cisco Talos have found that a recent version of the widely used CCleaner tool installed malware on the machine.
For the security community, 2017 might well be called the year of the update: two of the biggest security stories – the WannaCry outbreak and the Equifax breach – involved… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2017/09/malicious-ccleaner-update-points-major-weakness-our-infrastructure/

VB2014 preview: two papers on Linux server malware

Researchers from ESET, Yandex and Symantec look at emerging malware trend.
Researchers from ESET, Yandex and Symantec look at emerging malware trend.In the weeks running up to VB2014 (the 24th Virus Bulletin International Conference), we are looking at… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2014/09/preview-two-papers-linux-server-malware/

More than two million home routers have 'wide open backdoor'

Default password makes vulnerability easy to exploit.
Default password makes vulnerability easy to exploit. Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an easy-to-exploit backdoor in routers from Chinese manufacturer Netcore, that… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2014/08/more-two-million-home-routers-have-wide-open-backdoor/

'Son of Stuxnet' trojan found

'Duqu' used in targeted attacks to steal specific information.
'Duqu' used in targeted attacks to steal specific information. Researchers at both Symantec and McAfee have discovered a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) with strong links to Stuxnet… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/10/son-stuxnet-trojan-found/

Fake codec trojan disables anti-virus software

Victim tricked into believing security software still active.
Victim tricked into believing security software still active. A new trojan, discovered by researchers at ESET, spreads itself via fake codecs, then disables running anti-virus… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/08/fake-codec-trojan-disables-anti-virus-software/

Hundreds of legitimate websites being hacked into

New mass infection leaves security researchers puzzled.
New mass infection leaves security researchers puzzled. Web security company ScanSafe has reported a new mass infection of websites, which it claims accounts for 15% of the web… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/01/hundreds-legitimate-websites-being-hacked/

VB Blog

MySpace wins record payout in case against spammers

Yahoo! searchers to get McAfee site advice

Security experts gather in Europe

Users divided about customer liability for online fraud losses

May issue of VB published

Cracked CAPTCHAs used to create malicious blogs

Mass attack infects over half a million web pages

More than 50% of users regularly double-check for false positive spam filtering

Phishing on rise, but anti-phishers fighting back

China-Tibet row spills over into malware attacks

Search blog

Ebury and Mayhem server malware families still active

Malicious CCleaner update points to a major weakness in our infrastructure

VB2014 preview: two papers on Linux server malware

More than two million home routers have 'wide open backdoor'

'Son of Stuxnet' trojan found

Fake codec trojan disables anti-virus software

Hundreds of legitimate websites being hacked into