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Swiss spam law to enforce user security

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 4, 2007

New law may penalise careless zombie hosts.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 4, 2007

UK man should face trial in States despite threats, say judges.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 1, 2007

Met Police website spoofed by 419 scammers.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 1, 2007

Anti-spyware legislation presented in US House of Representatives for third time.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 1, 2007

VB has revealed the conference programme for VB2007, Vienna.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 1, 2007

APWG releases phishing figures for January.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 1, 2007

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 30, 2007

Social site takes on notorious junk mail merchant.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 30, 2007

Trojans sneaking in through animated cursor flaw.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 30, 2007

PHP flaws used to lend legitimate air to spam content.

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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

Swiss spam law to enforce user security

NASA hacker loses case against extradition

Scammers launch anti-terrorist hotline

Third round for US anti-spyware bill

VB2007 conference programme revealed

Phishing attacks reach new high

April issue of VB published

MySpace latest to sue spammer Wallace

Another Windows zero-day exploit seen in wild

Genuine sites hacked by spammers

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