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Virus Bulletin announces new anti-spam certification scheme
Independent security testing body to certify anti-spam products.
08 January 2009
Texan firm sues whole security world
Swathe of major security providers cited in patent infringement case. (0 comments)
06 January 2009
UK to adopt Euro police hacking scheme
Remote search and cyber patrol plans approved. (0 comments)
06 January 2009
Twitter hit by phishing and hacks
Popular micro-blog site latest target of link spammers. (0 comments)
06 January 2009
CastleCops closes down
Security community project comes to an end. (0 comments)
06 January 2009
Symbian SMS pest highlighted
Mobile exploit attack disables messaging. (0 comments)
06 January 2009
January issue of VB published
The January issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
05 January 2009
MS to release out-of-band patch for critical IE vulnerability
Users advised to patch ASAP. (0 comments)
17 December 2008
IE zero-day danger growing
Large numbers of users vulnerable to unpatched problem. (0 comments)
16 December 2008
VB100 update
MicroWorld eScan added to list of VB100 successes for December.
16 December 2008
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VB100 certification
The final VB100 of the year sees a double whammy of potential
pitfalls for our comparative participants - the
Vista operating system, which still seems shiny
and new as well as a little scary (to both developers and users), as well
as the x64 architecture, whose ostensible compatibility with standard
32-bit software belies oddities and intricacies that developers ignore at
their peril. The announcement of the test brought a few surprises, as
several regulars opted to skip this one, but the majority of veteran
competitors took part as usual, along with several newer faces, many of
whom look set to join the ranks of our regulars.
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