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Hefty Patch Tuesday bulletin rounds off bumper year
No sign of an end to vulnerability glut.
15 December 2010
Chinese whispers of malware writing and bribery in the industry
As China corruption scandals rumble on, more rumours of malware writers in AV firms surface.
14 December 2010
774,000 Avast! pirates on 14-user licence
Wildly popular free solution not good enough for some.
14 December 2010
December issue of VB published
The December issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
07 December 2010
Russian ATM hackers arrested
Gang used customized malware bought on hacker forum. (0 comments)
02 December 2010
18 months for member of m00p gang
Hacker receives prison sentence. (0 comments)
23 November 2010
Survey reveals apathy surrounding anti-malware protection
Inconvenient subscription models preventing UK consumers from protecting their PCs adequately.
18 November 2010
Royal engagement search results poisoned
Hackers take the shine off Royal couple's news.
17 November 2010
Site launched for anonymous sharing of information about security breaches
Verizon aims to foster cooperation and provide more readily available information for risk management. (0 comments)
11 November 2010
Security fixes from Apple and Microsoft
100 security fixes in latest OS X update; three MS security updates in this month's patch release. (0 comments)
11 November 2010
More than 1 million Chinese phones infected with malware
Mobile botnet sending out SMS spam. (0 comments)
11 November 2010
Malicious applications target Orkut
Visitors to infected social network profiles redirected to phishing sites.
10 November 2010
AVG to acquire DroidSecurity
Security firm set to expand solutions to mobile devices.
10 November 2010
Eight Zeus-related money mules arrested
Arrests in US and Moldova show that cybercriminals aren't immune to the law. (0 comments)
09 November 2010
TrustPort lends support to UNICEF
Season of giving comes early for Czech security firm. (0 comments)
09 November 2010
Almost three quarters use same password for different sites
User continues to be the weakest link.
08 November 2010
AV-Test.org unveils latest results
Trend Micro achieves pass; Microsoft and McAfee fail to reach certification standards. (0 comments)
05 November 2010
Facebook targeted by Boonana
Windows, Mac and Linux users affected by new social networking threat.
04 November 2010
Success in anti-botnet operation
VB Seminar speaker describes how m00p gang member exploited computer users. (0 comments)
04 November 2010
November issue of VB published
The November issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
02 November 2010
Sophos joins free home AV crowd with Mac release
Business-focused firm takes first step into home-user arena. (0 comments)
02 November 2010
UK funds allocated to cyber security
New spending on cyber security despite other public cuts. (0 comments)
20 October 2010
Microsoft's machines hijacked by spammers
Servers also used for DoS attack on security journalist's site.
14 October 2010
Dutch banks report huge increase in online fraud
Users warned against phishing and becoming money mules. (0 comments)
14 October 2010 2010
Giant patch release from Microsoft, Oracle
Record Patch Tuesday combines with swathe of extra fixes for corporates. (0 comments)
14 October 2010
October issue of VB published
The October issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
11 October 2010
September issue of VB published
The September issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
08 September 2010
ARF published as IETF standard
Abuse report format helps auto-handling of email complaints (0 comments)
02 September 2010
Microsoft releases new fix for DLL vulnerability
Earlier workaround believed to be too complex for most users. (0 comments)
01 September 2010
Malicious tweets link to fake TweetDeck update
Twitter resets passwords for accounts that appear to have been hacked. (0 comments)
01 September 2010
94% of Internet users befriend unknown 'good-looking woman'
Sensitiva data shared after two-hour chat.
31 August 2010
Investment boost for Quick Heal
Indian security firm gets hefty cash injection. (0 comments)
27 August 2010
41% of spam sent via Rustock botnet
Botnet spam back after short summer break. (0 comments)
26 August 2010
Avast gets $100m investment boost
Growth equity firm invests in Czech firm (0 comments)
24 August 2010
Computer chip giant buys AV giant
Intel becomes new owner of McAfee for the princely sum of $7.8bn
19 August 2010
AV-Test.org issues latest round of testing results
Symantec and Microsoft outdo Trend and McAfee in live tests.
16 August 2010
VB100 update
Adjustments to test scores affect Kaspersky, VirusBuster. (0 comments)
16 August 2010
Android SMS trojan goes wild
Premium-rate text scam shows growing cracks in smart phone security.
12 August 2010
Extra-large crop of updates for Patch Tuesday
Fourteen security alerts from Microsoft join two from Adobe. (0 comments)
12 August 2010
A third of anti-malware products fail to secure Vista Business Edition, Virus Bulletin reveals
VB urges industry to work harder at quality assurance.
12 August 2010
August issue of VB published
The August issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
09 August 2010
Firefox 4 crack spreads trojan
'Cracked' versions of free software used to spread malware (0 comments)
06 August 2010
July issue of VB published
The July issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
01 July 2010
Microsoft sues alleged spammer for gaming Hotmail's spam filter
Messages marked as 'not spam' from phony web mail accounts. (0 comments)
18 June 2010
Latest VB100 announced
Solutions for Windows Vista to be put through their paces. (0 comments)
09 June 2010
Patches come thick and fast in major update spree
Monthly and out-of-band issues flood admins' to-do lists. (0 comments)
09 June 2010
June issue of VB published
The June issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
04 June 2010
ESET buys COMDOM
Security vendor strengthens anti-spam capabilities.
25 May 2010
Symantec to acquire VeriSign business
Vendor splashes out more cash on authentication.
20 May 2010
Contract spam serving malware
Recipients made to believe they have been sent emails accidentally. (0 comments)
05 May 2010
Mariposa bot herders apply for job with security firm
Applicants weren't successful, but may not see prison either. (0 comments)
05 May 2010
May issue of VB published
The May issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
04 May 2010
McAfee offers payments to cover FP cleanup costs
Compensation for faulty update victims could set precedent.
04 May 2010
Sophos bought up by investment firm
APAX Partners acquires major stake in $830 million company. (0 comments)
04 May 2010
Symantec buys key pair of encryption firms
PGP and GuardianEdge snapped up in surprise dual acquisition. (0 comments)
04 May 2010
Record breaking 60 anti-malware products undergo VB100 testing on Windows XP
One third fail to gain certification.
13 April 2010
April issue of VB published
The April issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
12 April 2010
VB2010 conference programme announced
Schedule for Vancouver security conference announced after bumper crop of submissions.
26 March 2010
Estonian virus writer sent to jail
Author of Allapple virus sentenced.
11 March 2010
Morphing PDFs in new SEO poisoning trick
Harmless documents replaced by web pages containing malicious code.
05 March 2010
Botnet taken down as ringleaders are arrested
'Mariposa' included almost 13 million zombies. (0 comments)
03 March 2010
March issue of VB published
The March issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
02 March 2010
Spammers move from China to Russia
Stricter rules on registering .cn domains leads to increase in malicious .ru domains. (0 comments)
24 February 2009
Nearly 20% still running IE 6
VB poll finds users still running outdated browser despite campaigns to boycott it. (0 comments)
23 February 2010
Out-of-band patch release from Adobe
Unscheduled update released by Adobe. (0 comments)
17 February 2010
Warrant issued for arrest of cyclist turned hacker
Cyclist accused of planting trojan at dope testing lab. (0 comments)
17 February 2010
Patch Tuesday release includes 13 bulletins
26 vulnerabilities featured in sizeable update set. (0 comments)
10 February 2010
February issue of VB published
The February issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
01 February 2010
EU report suggests 95% of email is spam
Less than five per cent of all SMTP connections result in an email being delivered into a user's inbox. (0 comments)
26 January 2009
January issue of VB published
The January issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
06 January 2010
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This month's VB100 comparative on Windows XP brought something of a mixed bag, as several vendors appear to have decreased support for the platform in favour of the newer Windows 8. John Hawes has the full set of results.
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