December issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 1, 2011

The December issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

The December 2011 issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to browse online or download in PDF or PRC (Kindle) format.

Some of the things this month's issue has in store are:

• All your lulz will belong to us: 'Attribution is one of the things in the IT security industry that is dropped on the floor.' Anon

• Win32/Induc.C: getting noisier in the library: The Induc virus has been spreading successfully around the world since its first appearance in 2009, but back then it didn't contain a malicious payload. However, the latest variant contains a genuinely malicious payload and additional file-infecting and propagation capabilities. Robert Lipovsky has the details.

• As above, Sobelow: 'Heaven's Gate' is an undocumented feature used by the 32-bit Windows environment when running on 64-bit versions of Windows, which allows for the transition between 32-bit and 64-bit code. In August 2011, we saw the first virus to make use of it. Peter Ferrie takes a close look at W32/W64.Sobelow.

• Mobile botnets for smartphones: an unfolding catastrophe?: The number of users subscribing to the voice, Internet and messaging services of cellular networks is increasing exponentially worldwide and the potential development of cellular botnets poses a serious threat. Hasan Ijaz and colleagues present a functional cellular botnet for Symbian smartphones with an efficient and effective command and control centre.

• Book Worm: In 'Worm: The First Digital World War', Mark Bowden writes about the team who worked together to combat the Conficker worm, focusing on some of the principal players in the Conficker Working Group and on their stories over the nine months of Conficker's activity. Paul Baccas reviews the book.

Note: The December 2011 VB100 comparative review on Windows 7 will be published as standalone article later in December. As with all new VB100 and VBSpam reviews, the report will be available for non-subscribers to purchase as a standalone item (Virus Bulletin subscribers will be notified by email when the comparative is available to download). Non-subscribers can purchase VB100 reports here and VBSpam reports here.

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Posted on 5 December 2011 by Virus Bulletin

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