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India believed to be source of sophisticated surveillance campaigns

In-depth investigations find widespread worldwide snooping, Pakistan primary target. (0 comments)

21 May 2013

German anti-botnet advisory recommends the use of ad blockers for security

'If websites want to include ads, they must make sure they are secure.' (0 comments)

17 May 2013

Commoditization increasingly seen in mobile malware

Number of malicious samples and families increase, as Android remains most popular mobile platform. (0 comments)

16 May 2013

Microsoft 'found to make requests' to URLs shared via Skype

HEAD requests likely used to determine landing page. (0 comments)

14 May 2013

Program turns anti-analysis tools against the malware

Users cautioned to be wary of a false sense of security. (0 comments)

14 May 2013

Twitter, Facebook accounts used in watering hole campaign

USAID sympathizers targeted with links from 'like-minded people'. (0 comments)

13 May 2013

Microsoft offers fix-it for IE 8 zero-day

CVE-2013-1347 used in watering hole attacks. (0 comments)

09 May 2013

Vulnerabilities could trigger payload in emails upon receiving or opening

Flaws in IBM Notes and Exim/Dovecot easy to mitigate. (0 comments)

07 May 2013

May issue of VB published

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

03 May 2013

Opposition activists in Asia and Africa targeted by spyware developed by Western companies

Mozilla angry about use of its brand and logo. (0 comments)

02 May 2013