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VirusBuster has detected a new trojan downloader spreading in spam.

The trojan began distributed in large numbers on the 24th of November 2008 in unsolicited e-mail messages

New variants of the Opnis trojan are seeded in large numbers in e-mail messages.

New variants of the Opnis worm are seeded in large numbers in e-mail messages.

New Brepibot variant were mass-distributed in e-mail messages.

A new Bagle variant started to spread rapidly.

New trojan downloader variants were mass-distributed in e-mail messages.

New trojan downloader variants were mass-distributed in e-mail messages.

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Security news

Patch Tuesday: 2 bulletins

In line with its advance notification, Microsoft issued 2 security updates, fixing flaws in Windows and Office. The company also warned about a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

The file switch trick

Replacing PDFs with dodgy Flash files has become a new cybercriminal tactic.

Phishing record high in January

Latest stats sees attacks up 21% from December.

Next week: Patch Tuesday

Microsoft is planning to deliver 2 security updates on March 9, addressing a total of 8 vulnerabilities.

US cybersecurity initiative

Howard Schmidt, cybersecurity advisor to President Obama, announced the launch of a new web page, proving the commitment of the US government to its transparent cybersecurity strategy.

MS10-015 re-released

After revising its logic, Microsoft has resumed offering the patch that could crash infected systems.

Over half of software vulnerable

Flaws that allowed Google attack are widespread, says Veracode.

Microsoft investigates new bug

Microsoft is investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer.

Antivirus against blue death

Applying one of Microsoft's February security updates can cause certain infected Windows XP machines to crash with blue death. The good news is that the malware is detected by several antivirus products -- among them those of VirusBuster.

Mimicking Microsoft

Microsoft reported a fake antivirus program, which imitates its free Microsoft Security Essentials software.