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  • Spreadsheets latest spam message carriers

    XLS files follow PDFs as junk email ad vector. After the image spam deluge and the recent wave of spams carrying their messages in PDF files, the latest trend seems to be spreadsheets in Microsoft ‘s XLS format, as used by the popular Excel spreadsheet program. Numerous campaigns have been reported using the file format…

  • Series of products hit by vulnerabilities

    Researcher finds flaws in ESET, Panda and Norman AV software. Researcher Sergio Alvarez has reported on vulnerabilities found in a string of anti-virus products this week, with software ranges from ESET , Panda and Norman all hit by serious buffer-overflow flaws, allowing remote access if exploited. The ESET problems involve the handling of CAB archives…

  • VB2007 – call for last-minute presentations

    Virus Bulletin is seeking submissions from those wishing to present last-minute technical papers at VB2007 in Vienna. Virus Bulletin is seeking submissions from those wishing to present last-minute technical papers at VB2007, which will take place 19-21 September 2007 at the Hilton Vienna, Austria. The conference will include a programme of 40-minute presentations running in…

  • Study promotes challenge-response for anti-spam

    Interactive system rated best blocker in questioned survey. A study of anti-spam systems, using a bespoke scale to rate protection offered, has found the challenge-response method most effective, with a massive lead over managed service systems, rated second place, and with ISP-based filters trailing far behind the rest of the field. However, with the results…

  • Ransomware returns

    Trojan hides personal data, demands money with menaces. A new version of a ransomware trojan has been sighted, recalling the warnings of two years ago when similar items first began to strike users, that this type of attack was likely to become commonplace. The latest trojan claims to encrypt files using the RSA 4096 algorithm,…

  • MessageLabs may be next takeover target

    Managed services provider thought ripe for acquisition. Managed security specialist MessageLabs has been labelled a likely candidate for takeover by one of the industry giants, in a report by market and merger experts at the Financial Times . In the wake of the acquisition of rival firm Postini by web behemoth Google , MessageLabs has…

  • Microsoft files adware system patent

    Ads could be targeted at users based on local system data. Microsoft has filed a patent application for a new method of targeting advertising, using information on the contents of a local computer rather than interactions with the web. While most current advertising relies on watching an individual’s web browsing habits, selecting the type of…

  • 26 phishing arrests in Italy

    Police swoop on Poste Italiane spam scam gangs. In a first for Italy, the Guardia Di Finanza has made 26 arrests from two separate groups of phishing fraudsters, in the culmination of an operation, dubbed ‘Phish and Chip’, aimed at tracking down phishers defrauding banking clients of the national postal service Poste Italiane . The…

  • Sony sues maker of MediaMax DRM system

    CD protection developer accused of damaging Sony name. Sony BMG , the division of the Sony group embroiled in a long-running scandal after releasing a number of CDs using suspect techniques to implement anti-piracy protection, has brought a damages case against the firm it hired to develop some of the software involved. The CD protection…

  • Japan to tighten spam laws

    Proposals to further restrict email and phone spamming. The Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry is planning a series of improvements to current anti-spam regulations in the country, and hopes to impose tougher restrictions on people and organisations wishing to send out unsolicited advertising messages, according to a report in the Yomiuri Shimbun . Current…

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