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Botnet DoS no longer profitable

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 2, 2007

Extortion attacks fall as herders find easier money elsewhere.

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Email this!

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2007

VB stops spammer in his tracks.

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Erratum: VB100 Linux comparative

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2007

Dr.Web results corrected.

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Massive lawsuit brought against spam harvesters

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2007

Harvesting detection project aims to prosecute address abusers.

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May issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2007

The May issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

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DoS attacks support political unrest

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2007

Estonia rioting backed up by attacks on government websites.

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VB100 procedure review

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2007

Test procedures clarified.

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Google advert exploit attack analysed

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2007

Video demonstrates malware infiltration via ads for legitimate sites.

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A new generation of Panda

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2007

Panda sells majority shareholding.

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Websense snaps up SurfControl

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2007

$400m for British web-filtering company.

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Major pump-and-dump campaign floods inboxes

Heavy stock scam barrage ups spam levels 30%.
Heavy stock scam barrage ups spam levels 30%. A major PDF pump-and-dump campaign has been reported, with massive numbers of mails spammed out. According to spam watchers at Sophos,… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/major-pump-and-dump-campaign-floods-inboxes/

FBI serves up Operation Bot Roast

Investigations identify more than 1 million victim IP addresses.
Investigations identify more than 1 million victim IP addresses. The FBI has announced the results of an ongoing initiative, dubbed 'Operation Bot Roast', which is aimed at… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/fbi-serves-operation-bot-roast/

Botnet DoS no longer profitable

Extortion attacks fall as herders find easier money elsewhere.
Extortion attacks fall as herders find easier money elsewhere. The use of armies of botnets to carry out denial-of-service attacks on lucrative websites, as a method of extorting… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/botnet-dos-no-longer-profitable/

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