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Throwback Thursday: Cabirn Fever

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 9, 2015

This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 2004, when the first worm to spread from mobile phone to mobile phone appeared.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 8, 2015

Lists of customers, source code and zero-day vulnerabilities made public.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 2, 2015

This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 1997, when automatic updates of AV software were not the norm.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 29, 2015

'Brilliant mind and a true gentleman' commemorated through annual award for technical security research.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 26, 2015

Despite a drop in catch rates, 15 products earn a VBSpam award, with four earning a VBSpam+ award.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 26, 2015

Paul Royal looks at malware served through the most popular websites.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 25, 2015

This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 1994, when KAOS4 was discovered on the Internet.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 24, 2015

Use your obfuscation and deobfuscation skills to win a prize during the VB2015 conference!

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 24, 2015

Tool to extract identifiers incorporated into VirusTotal.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 23, 2015

Agencies looked for vulnerabilities to exploit and for submitted malware samples.

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Microsoft issues emergency patch

Out-of-cycle update fixes serious, wormable flaw.
Out-of-cycle update fixes serious, wormable flaw.Microsoft has issued an emergency update to cover a serious vulnerability in the Windows Server service, breaking its usual monthly… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/10/microsoft-issues-emergency-patch/

Four critical updates this Patch Tuesday

11 updates to be issued by Microsoft in October's monthly patch release: 4 critical.
11 updates to be issued by Microsoft in October's monthly patch release: 4 critical.Microsoft has prepared a total of 11 updates for the October round of its monthly patch release… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/10/four-critical-updates-patch-tuesday/

Four critical updates in Patch Tuesday release

Monthly security update small but vital.
Monthly security update small but vital.Microsoft has released its monthly 'Patch Tuesday' batch of security updates, with only four items on the list but all of them marked… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/09/four-critical-updates-patch-tuesday-release/

'Olympic' emails contain malicious XLS attachments

Malware writers sprint to use vulnerabilities before next Patch Tuesday.
Malware writers sprint to use vulnerabilities before next Patch Tuesday. Security researchers have reported seeing emails containing XLS attachments designed to exploit a yet… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/03/olympic-emails-contain-malicious-xls-attachments/

Bumper Patch Tuesday short of one patch

Excel remains vulnerable as expected fix is dropped.
Excel remains vulnerable as expected fix is dropped.Microsoft has issued its monthly 'Patch Tuesday' set of security updates, with a larger than usual crop of patches for a variety… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/02/bumper-patch-tuesday-short-one-patch/

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