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Cybercriminals frustrated with botnet trackers

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 10, 2011

Drastic measures discussed by users of online forum.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 9, 2011

EU agency says current measures of botnet threat are misleading.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 3, 2011

Non-Latin characters in URLs used to trick filters.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 2, 2011

Internet giant buys into security.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 1, 2011

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 23, 2011

Email from Welsh-speaking Kuwaiti widow indicative of more targeted spam.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 9, 2011

Bulgarians most likely to have become infected; financial losses most prevalent among Latvians.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 1, 2011

Spammers finding new ways to obtain non-blacklisted addresses.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 1, 2011

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jan 28, 2011

GovCertUK issues warning in aftermath of arrests of Anonymous gang members.

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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

Cybercriminals frustrated with botnet trackers

ENISA calls for revised botnet measurements

Spammers exploit internationalized domain names

Google acquires Zynamics

March issue of VB published

Welsh 419 scam

Dutch most protected Europeans online

Mrs Mubarak's IP addresses used by spammers

February issue of VB published

UK government sites warned to brace against attack