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Paper: API-EPO

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 14, 2014

Raul Alvarez studies the unique EPO methodology used by the W32/Daum file infector.

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Paper: Not old enough to be forgotten: the new chic of Visual Basic 6

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 10, 2014

Marion Marschalek looks at two Miuref binaries: one packed with Visual Basic 6 and one with C++.

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Paper: VBA is not dead!

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 7, 2014

Gabor Szappanos looks at the resurgence of malicious VBA macros that use social engineering to activate.

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'Cyber attack on hedge fund' turns out to be internal 'scenario' used by BAE Systems

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 3, 2014

Story that appeared to be taken from fiction turns out... to have been fiction.

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Paper: Obfuscation in Android malware, and how to fight back

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 2, 2014

Axelle Apvrille and Ruchna Nigam look at both off-the-shelf products and custom obfuscation techniques.

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Virus Bulletin celebrates 25th birthday by making all content free

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 1, 2014

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Exploit kit requires link to be clicked before redirection

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 23, 2014

Automatic analysis of malicious payloads becomes a little bit harder again.

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Cheap Android phone comes shipped with spyware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 19, 2014

Trojan masquerades as Google Play app; cannot be removed.

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Virus Bulletin seeks security researchers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 17, 2014

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Game over for GameOver Zeus botnet?

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 5, 2014

Coordinated effort against gang that's also behind CryptoLocker ransomware.

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McAfee acquires website trust mark firm

ScanAlert certification system bought for $51 million.
ScanAlert certification system bought for $51 million.McAfee has bought ScanAlert, the firm behind the 'Hacker Safe' trust mark logo, carried by some 75,000 websites to indicate… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/mcafee-acquires-website-trust-mark-firm/

McAfee invests in encryption firm

SafeBoot acquired for $350 million.
SafeBoot acquired for $350 million.McAfee has announced the acquisition of encryption and device control specialist SafeBoot, which produces a range of security products for PCs… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/mcafee-invests-encryption-firm/

US users overestimating PC security

Survey finds people are less protected than they think.
Survey finds people are less protected than they think. A joint study carried out by McAfee and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has found that many US consumers wrongly… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/10/us-users-overestimating-pc-security/

AOL quietly drops free-to-all AV offering

Gratis software now for members only, old users may be at risk.
Gratis software now for members only, old users may be at risk. A month ago we reported on AOL's switch of providers for its free anti-virus software offering, from the… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/09/aol-quietly-drops-free-all-av-offering/

Webcam zero-day in Yahoo! Messenger

Video chat invites pose vulnerability danger.
Video chat invites pose vulnerability danger. A zero-day vulnerability has been reported in the webcam module of Yahoo! Messenger, allowing attackers remote access to systems open… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/webcam-zero-day-yahoo-messenger/

AOL drops Kaspersky for McAfee

Web giant changes provider of free security software for members.
Web giant changes provider of free security software for members. Giant ISP and web services provider AOL is offering a free, special edition version of McAfee security software to… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/08/aol-drops-kaspersky-mcafee/

Online malware dangers analysed

Google, McAfee release webserver, search result figures.
Google, McAfee release webserver, search result figures. Two reports out this week have revealed some interesting statistics on the security dangers involved in browsing the… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/06/online-malware-dangers-analysed/

Latest flaws affect AV giants

Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities.
Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities. Three of the biggest names in the security sector, McAfee, Symantec and CA, have all revealed details of flaws in their software… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/latest-flaws-affect-av-giants/

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