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  • Batch of Dutch MP3 players ships with malware

    Worm included as unwanted extra for music lovers. A shipment of MP3 players sold in recent months by Dutch firm Victory has been found to be infected with the Fujacks worm, which exploits autorun settings in Windows to be activated when a device is connected to a computer. The incident follows a series of similar…

  • Usual fare for holiday season

    Storm ecards and social site spyware mark unsurprising year end. With large portions of the globe celebrating various festivals over the past few weeks, an expected upsurge in malware attacks has been seen, including the now inevitable wave of emails from the ‘Storm’ worm attack (which targeted most important festivals in the past year), supplemented…

  • January issue of VB published

    The January issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download. The January 2008 issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to browse online or download in PDF format. Some of the things this month’s issue has in store are: A richer, but more dangerous web : ‘The accessing of media-rich,…

  • No taste for spam?

    ICANN takes steps to combat domain tasting. The practice of domain tasting, often used by spammers and other shady types to register tens of thousands of Internet domain names at no cost, looks set to end thanks to a new ICANN ruling. ICANN charges a fee of 20 cents per domain name per year, but…

  • Anti-malware school

    F-Secure launches malware analysis course at Helsinki University. Researchers at F-Secure have decided to do their bit in helping to educate the next generation of malware analysts. A new course entitled ‘Malware Analysis and Antivirus Technologies’ starts at Helsinki University of Technology this spring. The course covers topics including reverse engineering, the use of debuggers,…

  • FTC notes malicious spam on the rise

    FTC reports on a decade of spam fighting. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report reflecting on the ten years in which it has been involved in the fight against spam, detailing the findings of its ‘Spam Summit’ workshop held last summer, and proposing steps to be taken by stakeholders to mitigate…

  • Guidelines issued for UK hacker tool ban

    Government issues guidelines in response to lobbying. The British government has published a set of guidelines for the application of a law that makes it illegal to create or distribute ‘articles for use in computer offences’. The piece of legislation in question was among several amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 that were introduced…

  • Spammers and scammers in court

    Spammers required to pay $200,000; 419 scammers face prison sentence. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled a court case with a spamming advertising company. According to the FTC, Member Source Media used deceptive emails and online advertising to lure customers to its websites. The settlement requires Member Source Media to disclose all costs…

  • More rogue Flash ads

    Rogue ads infiltrate Expedia and Rhapsody sites. Following on from last month’s feature on the SWF.AdHijack family (see VB, January 2008, p.12 ), malicious Flash ads were found to have made their way into popular travel site Expedia.com and music download site Rhapsody.com. According to Trend Micro researchers, the Expedia site was infiltrated by a…

  • Prolific spammer indicted

    Notorious spammer Alan Ralsky charged with spamming and stock fraud. Infamous prolific spammer Alan Ralsky has been indicted over his alleged involvement in an international spamming and stock fraud scheme. Charges against Ralsky, who has long topped Spamhaus ‘s Register of Known Spam Operations ( ROKSO ) list, and ten others – including Ralsky’s son-in-law…

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