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TorrentLocker spam has DMARC enabled

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 2, 2015

Use of email authentication technique unlikely to bring any advantage.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Mar 2, 2015

Dénes Óvári explains how to store code in lossily compressed JPEG data.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 27, 2015

Subject may make many feel uncomfortable, but it is essential that we know how to deal with it.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 27, 2015

Micky Pun and Neo Tan analyse the banking trojan that is best known for spreading through Skype.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 26, 2015

Malware remains present on infected machines; 2012 Virus Bulletin paper worth studying.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 26, 2015

As emails were sent to wrong servers, DNSSEC might be worth looking into.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 25, 2015

Each discovered vulnerability is actually a good news story.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 24, 2015

Users easily tricked, but plenty of opportunity for the malware to be blocked.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 20, 2015

Shared root certificate makes for easy man-in-the-middle attacks.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Feb 16, 2015

Grace period added for vulnerabilities that are about to be patched.

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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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TorrentLocker spam has DMARC enabled

Paper: Script in a lossy stream

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VB2014 paper: Caphaw - the advanced persistent pluginer

Coordinated action takes down Ramnit botnet infrastructure

Hacker group takes over Lenovo's DNS

Almost 50% increase in reported vulnerabilities as non-Windows operating systems lead the table

Vawtrak trojan spread through malicious Office macros

Lenovo laptops pre-installed with software that adds its own root CA certificate

Google relaxes disclosure policy following criticism