Facebook about to become most phished organization.
Zeus botnet used Amazon's in-the-cloud service to control bots.
Serious browser bug main feature of monthly alerts, Adobe Flash issue also patched.
SUSE test to challenge Linux products.
Human failure blamed for faulty update.
Post-test analysis corrects results for MS Forefront, CA.
The December issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
Atkinson to pay huge fine; Ralsky to spend years in prison.
VB finds that, when it comes to spam filtering, a combined effort outperforms individual products.
Half of products rated top-class in proactive detection testing.
Certification issues unmasked in 20-year lab survey.
Gateway specialist releases share price projections.
VB announces anti-spam certification results.
The November issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
16 products challenged to remove selection of tricky infections.
Expert body gets to grips with string of difficult subjects.
Busy weeks for admins as Patch Tuesday joined by Adobe fixes, and Mozilla announces plug-in checking plans.
Deadline announced for first VB100 comparative on new operating system.
Rumoured phishing explosion grabs headlines, reality much more mundane.
VB reveals which products failed to meet VB100 certification criteria, and updated 'RAP quadrant' showing Reactive And Proactive detection abilities.
The October issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
Security Essentials release creates expected storm of words.
High scores as 7 out of 16 graded Advanced+ in on demand tests
'Green AV' best added to blacklist to avoid red faces.
The September issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
Spam levels back to normal within a few days.
Anti-spam firm hopes to force banks to share more information on attacks.
'CentMail' to benefit charities, harm spammers.
'Free temporary registrations' come to an end.
'DDoS software' turns out to be malware.
The August issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
Symbian software-signing slipup certifies SMS spambot.
Mailbox-level reduction may depend on spam detection methods.
Submissions invited for technical 'turbo' talks at VB Geneva.
Each infected machine sends spam at rate of almost two messages per second.
Six fixes issued, but new IE zero day emerges along with Firefox flaw.
Rows rumble on over sources and targets of botnet attacks.
More than 2.2% of spam contains shortened URLs.
Second DirectShow vulnerability in six weeks labelled 'extremely critical'.
$415,000 sneaked from local government funds.
Batch of system files wrongly flagged as malware, current versions not affected.
Two products achieve top level VBSpam Platinum award.
The July issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
US banks urged to use authentication method
Retrospective figures follow up February test.
ASC, NCSA and StopBadware form 'chain of trust' initiative.
Dominant web threat infecting still more vulnerable sites.
Whitelisting firm to be assimilated by security giant.
Klingon language scanner given away.
Research and expertise shared at CARO and AMTSO meetings.
Vulnerabilities fixed in McAfee website and Google Chrome; patch expected for Adobe Reader.
The May issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
Leftfield AV detection scores used to promote ID theft tool.
Schedule for Geneva security conference announced after record submissions.
Five critical updates in latest monthly patch release.
The April issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
Large collection test shows major improvement from AV giants.
VB reveals results of trial test run: 1 platinum, 2 gold and 2 silver awards.
Legal issues raised by broadcaster's demo of spamming, DDoS, cleanup attempt.
Update error leads to conspiracy theories and exploitation of fears.
Major kernel issue and PDF problems fixed, spreadsheet software remains vulnerable.
The March issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
Industry group to combine efforts, reward offered.
Browser should be treated as special case, say some.
Predicted spate of romance hooks under way.
Hackers gain access to tables, no user data stolen.
Car park flyers trick victims to malicious site.
Further documents developed at Cupertino meeting.
The February issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
Behavioural experts added to growing portfolio.
Comms channels decrypted, automated removal possible.
Huge earnings may be myth, say researchers.
Independent security testing body to certify anti-spam products.
Swathe of major security providers cited in patent infringement case.
Remote search and cyber patrol plans approved.
Popular micro-blog site latest target of link spammers.
Security community project comes to an end.
Mobile exploit attack disables messaging.
The January issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
05 January 2009