The Virus Bulletin January 2005 issue is on its way.
The latest version of the virus name lookup tool - VGrep, is now available.
Virus Bulletin is seeking submissions from those wishing to present at VB2005 in Dublin - so set aside some time between the season's festive parties to get writing!
Causing a stir in the anti-virus community last month was the announcement of a new US-led initiative whose aim is to achieve threat synchronization.
VB sets the record straight regarding the collection of files referenced in Peter Morley's letter 'Generic detection - a specific case' published in last months main magazine.
British teenager sentenced.
Judge refuses to accept guilty plea.
Trend Micro to take over from McAfee as new provider of virus scanning for MSN.
AOL worker accused of selling customer email lists offered deal.
Virus Bulletin RSS feeds now support 'Live bookmarks' allowing you to browse our latest headlines directly from your browsers bookmarks menu.
Largest judgement against spammers to date.
Microsoft buys anti-spyware provider.
Just in time for Christmas?
Judge says Maryland anti-spam law is flawed.
Australian police given power to use spyware.
Lycos ends its 'make love not spam' campaign - but not before the file had been trojanised...
Microsoft continues to make good use of its legal resources.
Bill Gates says he hopes to have the spam problem under control within two years - again.
35 high-profile organisations sign open letter, calling for a rapid rollout of email authentication technologies
Virus Bulletin is seeking submissions from those wishing to present at VB2005 in Dublin - so set aside some time between the season's festive parties to get writing!
Sabeer Bhatia, the man behind Hotmail, has announced that he has invested in an anti-spam company
Virus infection nearly blew the cover on a secret FBI fraud investigation two years ago.
VB regrets that three mistakes crept into the Comparative review published in the November issue.
Spam goes yet one step further - spiritual salvation!
Announcement and first call for papers of the European Research Journal in Computer Virology
The VB team wishes all Virus Bulletin readers a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year.
New twice-monthly email newsletter dedicated to news and technical information about the spam and anti-spam arena launched.
Australia's latest anti-spam initiative
Vulnerability assessment for country's critical infrastructure systems
Do women hate spam more than men? Are humans better at identifying spam than computers? Make your contribution to (anti-)spam research...
'Make love not spam'
An end to the virus-naming problem?
The latest version of the virus name lookup tool - VGrep, is now available.
Think you've got it bad? Spare a thought for Bill.
Member of notorious virus-writing group found guilty.
The latest version of the virus name lookup tool - VGrep, is now available.
Guidance issued on how to deal with rogue Internet diallers ('porn diallers')
British man sets up his own Museum of Spam.
Fewer than five zombie network operators are responsible for all Internet phishing attacks worldwide according to CipherTrust...
The Virus Bulletin November issue is on its way.
Significant decline in the volume of spam messages seen in the days immediately following the three recent hurricanes.
Spammers seize the opportunity to cash in on the US flu vaccine problem.
Sasser author made to wait.
Microsoft has another stab at getting its email authentication protocol approved.
Virus Bulletin RSS feeds revamped and live again.
15 countries sign up to international action plan on spam.
As if you haven't already seen enough...
Most common cyber security myths unveiled as part of Cyber Security Month.
US government begins crack down on spyware.
Take a look at the VB2004 conference photos
Over 330 delegates and a collection of interesting and informative speakers. Take a look at the photos
With over 330 delegates and a collection of interesting and informative speakers, VB2004 was a great success.
Companies collaborate to provide anti-spam services.
Symantec announces new service to help stop phishing scams
The Council of Europe's 2001 Cybercrime Convention has been signed by 30 countries, but is only law in eight of these.
The Internet Engineering Task Force has rejected Microsoft's preferred anti-spam specification.
VB regrets that an error slipped through the editorial net in the August 2004 Netware comparative review.
87.9% Thats the number of malware infected computer users in China, according to their Minister of Public Security.
The AV company that never seems to stop buying, reveals its latest purchase.
US Federal Trade Commission says the US government must be generous with its rewards if it decides to encourage 'bounty hunters' to track down email spammers
Do-it-yourself phishing kits are available free of charge to anyone surfing the Internet.
US judge rules Virginia’s anti-spam law is constitutional.
One-year suspension issued to mobile phone picture services supplier as punishment for carrying out unsolicited marketing.
The encryption field was thrown into a frenzy at the end of last month when the security of hash functions MD5, SHA-0 and SHA-1 was called into question.
Despite there currently being no US laws regarding SMS spam.
CA splashes out on anti-spyware technology.
McAfee splashes out on vulnerability management.
XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) establishes stronger security settings that help defend against viruses, hackers and worms.
Teen admits to distributing Blaster variant.
A promising month in the fight against spam.
Prosecutions made in Denmark, USA and India.
Latest Mydoom variant causes problems for Google.
Magold author sentenced, Finnish Lasku author arrested.
Spam King agrees to settlement with NY State.
Despite there currently being no US laws regarding SMS spam.
Emerald Isle lures another AV firm.
Latest proof-of-concept virus affects Pocket PC.
Spammer ordered to pay $4 million damages to Microsoft.
Profits more than doubled since last year.
AOL victim of inside job.
UN aims to bring spam under control by 2007.
Spam King Scott Richter says he is "out to make the Internet a better place with email marketing" .
Countries join forces to declare war on spam.
Hungarian virus writer convicted.
Technology to stamp out Internet telephony spam.
First Russian to be sentenced for sending spam.
Microsoft chief says users must play their part in cutting down virus combat time.
"Stunning" survey results lead to seven-step guide.
Mobile providers clamour to become the first to offer AV protection for mobile phones.
Apply your patches and update your AV software.
AOL employee arrested.
The six major ISPs of the Anti-Spam Technical Alliance say spam cannot be stopped unless they take action.
Rumours abound. NAI CEO denies them.
On 12 June 2004 Marek Sell, creator of the Polish MkS_Vir anti-virus, died. Aleksander Czarnowksi looks back.
Mobile providers clamour to become the first to offer AV protection for mobile phones.
Gis' a job! Name: Sven Jaschan. Age: 18. Previous work experience: creating and distributing Internet worm(s).
A 'Do Not Spam' list could actually increase spam levels, says FTC.
Not forgotten...
First mobile phone worm discovered.
Microsoft throws its weight around against spammers
Ministry of Defence reveals Lovgate found a weakness in its defences
No 'Spam King' clothing line for Richter.
Chicago businessman takes matters into his own hands
Suspect not a teenager for a change.
Government email systems overwhelmed
New Zealand government moves toward anti-spam legislation
Straight talking spammer
Anti-spam company to become AV vendor's latest purchase
Trend buys back shares, Sybari prepares to sell
Arrest of suspected Sasser author, arrest of suspected Phatbot author and questioning of five more suspects - all within the space of 7 days.
Venerable spam reporting outfit SpamCop has had a restraining order granted against it on behalf of alleged spammer OptInRealBig.com.
Spammer extraordinaire launches own clothing line
Dips, increases and the cost of dealing with spam
Spamming set to become illegal in the Netherlands and other legislative news...
Network Associates Inc. (NAI) to streamline and adopt (not so) new name.
AVAR calls for papers
Acquisitions and new product lines
eEye reports four new Symantec vulnerabilities
Acquisitions and new product lines
United States Sentencing Commission gets busy...
Eset vs. BullGuard
Consolidation in the anti-spam industry
Postini wins U.S. patent for email filtering
AOL raffles spammer's Porsche
CheckVir starts certification program
Man. Loves. His. Spam. No really.
AMD introduces hardware-level AV protection
UK watchdog fines US company for sending spam
AOL and EarthLink refile suits against spammers
Anti-spam code of conduct proves successful
After re-testing, Alwil's AVAST! product gains a VB 100% award.
China blacklists offending IP addresses
Microsoft source-code leak; Gigabyte arrested; Israelis, Egyptians and Trojans; weddings delayed in Thailand.
NAI makes plans, Symantec acquires software manufacturer, Sophos receives royal visitors
Well known female virus writer arrested. Finally.
Virus vs virus - new Welchia variant seeks to destroy Mydoom.
MyDoom soap opera continues, hacker sentenced, Bill Gates' anti-spam crusade
Why technical writing is best left to technical journalists, Netcraft monitors SCO, and February's VB magazine
US Congressional representatives send bulk email
Nigerian government takes action.
SCO offers a bounty for the arrest of the MyDoom author, Bruce Perens offers a conspiracy theory...
AV on a spiritual level
Microsoft reports success of Blaster removal tool
Blaster (variant) author charged, AhnLab warns against complacency, India launches CERT-In, more on monoculture, and what's new in the spam world...
DMA releases quick-glance reference guide for email marketers.
Ahnlab gets major ASP deal in China.
AMD and Intel prep technology to prevent buffer overflows at the hardware level.
Narrowband blues, 2004 predictions, VeriSign scuttles Symantec, Dloader/Xombie
12 January 2004