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Rain of phish hits UK

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 3, 2006

Single botnet responsible for 8 million phishing emails.

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Virus writers continue targeting Microsoft's latest ideas

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 3, 2006

Another piece of malware for MS Powershell.

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Supermarket scammed by hacker employees

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 3, 2006

Supermarket sweep.

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Vietnamese botnet-keeper arrested

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 3, 2006

Student launched DDoS attacks 'just for fun'.

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Apple releases patches - Mac debate rumbles on

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 3, 2006

Are Macs safer than Windows PCs? Oh yes they are... Oh no they're not.. etc.

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Hi-tech phreaking and other VoIP woes

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 3, 2006

Security issues with VoIP technology revealed at Black Hat USA.

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Symantec, McAfee suffer bugs

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 2, 2006

Norton and VirusScan afflicted.

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BBC hypes 'more than 95% spam rate'

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 2, 2006

Shock figure drawn from dubious source.

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F-Secure announces healthy figures

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 2, 2006

Finnish AV firm shows strong performance.

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Interpol site spoofed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Aug 2, 2006

Beware fake international police organizations...

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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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