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Zotob authors jailed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 13, 2006

One year, two years for worm writing duo.

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Patch Tuesday light on patches

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 13, 2006

MS patches previous patches, but not Word exploit.

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Spearphishers track eBay trades

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 12, 2006

Auction losers tempted by second-chance phishes.

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Fake news site carries trojan

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 12, 2006

Conspiracy warning spam points to exploit web page.

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Phishing records broken in July

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 12, 2006

Highest ever numbers of phishing sites and brands, reports APWG.

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Botnet keepers rake in adware cash

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 11, 2006

Zombie herder makes $430 per day from single piece of adware.

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More AV products suffer flaws

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 11, 2006

Vulnerabilities found in AntiVir and avast!.

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Phishers cast nets less wide

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 8, 2006

More scams hitting fewer targets, says report.

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Samsung site hosting malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 8, 2006

Websense reports trojans found on electronics giant's servers.

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Zango not guilty on spyware charges

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 8, 2006

Spyware bad, adware OK, says court.

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Monster haul of data reaped from job site

Trojan gathers 1.6 million sets of jobseeker records.
Trojan gathers 1.6 million sets of jobseeker records. Researchers at Symantec have reported discovering a server carrying 1.6 million entries from the popular jobseeking website… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/monster-haul-data-reaped-job-site/

Serious flaws patched in Norton 2006 products

Symantec users warned of vulnerabilities.
Symantec users warned of vulnerabilities. Users of Symantec's popular Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security products are being urged to ensure they are running the latest… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/serious-flaws-patched-norton-2006-products/

Symantec, AVG suffer problems

Vulnerabilities and false positives strike major products.
Vulnerabilities and false positives strike major products.Symantec users have been warned of some serious issues with archive handling, across a wide range of software produced by… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/07/symantec-avg-suffer-problems/

Symantec presenter spotted using KAV

Another update embarrassment as rival software pops up.
Another update embarrassment as rival software pops up. After the recent damaging false positive incident in China, which has led Symantec to offer free software to those hit by… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/symantec-presenter-spotted-using-kav/

Symantec sued for false positive

Chinese FP issue leads to court case.
Chinese FP issue leads to court case. A Chinese lawyer has begun court proceedings against security firm Symantec, claiming damages as a result of the widely-publicised false… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/symantec-sued-false-positive/

Norton FP trashes Chinese systems

Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China.
Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China. A serious false positive, caused by an erroneous update to Symantec's Norton Anti-virus product range issued late… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/norton-fp-trashes-chinese-systems/

Symantec files 8 piracy suits

Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software.
Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software.Symantec has revealed that it has filed civil lawsuits against eight US and Canadian companies accused of selling counterfeit… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/symantec-files-8-piracy-suits/

Latest flaws affect AV giants

Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities.
Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities. Three of the biggest names in the security sector, McAfee, Symantec and CA, have all revealed details of flaws in their software… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/latest-flaws-affect-av-giants/

Microsoft to beat Symantec to corporate release punch

With Forefront due out soon, Symantec's latest release suffers further delay.
With Forefront due out soon, Symantec's latest release suffers further delay.Microsoft has announced the release to manufacture of Forefront Client, the corporate implementation of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/microsoft-beat-symantec-corporate-release-punch/

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