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MS sues UK spammer

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

Civil action avoids spam law technicalities.

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Spyware firms charged $2 million

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

FTC takes cash, bans from future naughtiness.

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'Magic Quadrant' study unveiled

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 7, 2006

AV industry future revealed - must do better.

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Word zero-day exploited

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Trojan uses unpatched hole in office software.

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Subliminal message hidden in spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Mail campaign aims to sneak into readers' subconscious minds.

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Nine years for spam felon

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 6, 2006

Tough sentence upheld despite free-speech claims.

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Phishing on the rise

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 5, 2006

One in three malicious emails a phish, says MessageLabs.

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Gromozon mystery clearing

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 5, 2006

Cleaner tool aims to remove sophisticated attack.

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New New Zealand spam laws to allow spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 4, 2006

Adjustments to laws may let 'non-commercial' spam continue.

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CA in Windows FP

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 4, 2006

eTrust identifies critical file as virus.

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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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