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  • Vista SP1 clashing with AV products

    Service Pack causing issues for several security suites. Microsoft has released details of several software products that are known to have problems running in conjunction with Service Pack 1 for its Vista operating system. The list includes several security products, including BitDefender 10 , BitDefender Internet Security 10 , Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 ,…

  • Malware going local

    Report sees trend toward greater localisation of threats. McAfee ‘s latest Sage report focuses on increased localisation in malware, with spam, phishing and malcode all showing great improvements in their use of local languages and targeting of regional resources and computing methods. The report carries stories from various regions around the globe, detailing the popularity…

  • Vish implanted in phishing warning

    Doctored bank alert includes phony phone number. A spammed-out email has been spotted posing as a phishing warning from US credit union Kessler Federal , with some very sensible advice for customers including genuine contact details for reporting phishing attempts and assertions that no requests for login details will ever be sent by email. In…

  • ITV site carried scareware ads

    Rogue security product pushed by ads on several UK TV sites. Several UK television-related websites, including those of major broadcaster ITV and listings guide Radio Times , have been penetrated by rogue advertising pushing fake anti-malware products. The ads, introduced onto the sites by compromised advertising laced with redirects, lead site visitors to downloads of…

  • VB reveals new website design

    Glossary, comments and mobile website among new additions. Regular visitors to VB may have noticed that the site has a fresh new look as well as some changes and additions to its contents. An improved internal search engine now makes it easier to search the site, whether searching for something in an article that appeared…

  • VB100 test on Windows Vista SP1 announced

    Products to be tested on new update to Vista platform. VB has issued a call for submissions for the latest VB100 comparative review, which will test the performance of products available for the Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition platform (32-bit). The first service pack for the platform, due for public release next month, will be…

  • Japanese super-spammer arrested

    Tokyo man sent 2.2 billion emails. A 25-year-old man was arrested in Tokyo last week, suspected of sending 2.2 billion spam emails. Yukio Shiina was picked up by police on Friday, after his ISP reported him sending huge amounts of email. Suspected to have bought some 600,000 email addresses, he made a 2,000% profit on…

  • Meta-phishing

    Phishing warning contains link to… phishing site. The anti-malware industry can congratulate itself for there being an increasing awareness among users about phishing. Users are becoming increasingly phish-savvy and many now know that they should be wary of clicking on links in emails that appear to come from their bank – especially if they are…

  • Microsoft research revives ‘friendly worm’ ideas

    Malware techniques proposed as update-spreading method. A group of Microsoft researchers have put forward proposals to use worm techniques to spread patches and updates across networks, reopening an age-old debate on the possibility of ‘beneficial malware’. The research, to be presented at the INFOCOM conference in April by a team from Microsoft ‘s Cambridge, UK,…

  • Phishers phishing phishers’ phishes

    Scam software secretly sending stolen data to creators. Phishing researchers have uncovered code buried in phishing software kits, sold by developers to less technically aware phishing gangs, which secretly forwards any valuable data gathered to its creators. The developers of much of the malware used in phishing were thought to mostly profit from sales of…

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