Posted by Martijn Grooten on Jul 24, 2017
US Senator Ron Wyden has asked the Department of Homeland Security to implement DMARC. Martijn Grooten looks at what difference this could make for phishing attacks impersonating the US federal governent.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Jul 20, 2017
Unsurprisingly given today's threat landscape, the VB2017 programme contains several talks on various advanced persistent threats - but also a talk on what may be the polar opposite of such threats: an inept persistent threat.
Read morePosted by Martijn Grooten on Jul 18, 2017
Password security advice focuses too much on password strength and too little on avoiding password reuse, Martijn Grooten argues.
Read morePosted by Martijn Grooten on Jul 17, 2017
Though the location will remain a secret for a few more months, we are pleased to announce the dates for VB2018, the 28th Virus Bulletin International Conference.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Jul 10, 2017
The second edition of BSides Athens saw a great and varied programme presented in the Greek capital. VB's Martijn Grooten was pleased to attend.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Jul 7, 2017
Spreading 'FUD' in the wake of cyber-attacks is never a good idea. But it's even worse when this might be one of the attackers' implicit goals.
Read morePosted by Martijn Grooten on Jul 7, 2017
For the third year in a row, we have set aside a limited number of student tickets for the Virus Bulletin conference, to allow 'next-generation' security researchers to experience one of the most important gatherings of security researchers around the world.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Jul 4, 2017
Virus Bulletin has opened nominations for the fourth annual Péter Szőr Award, for the best piece of technical security research published between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Jul 3, 2017
According to some researchers, there is some evidence linking the recent (Not)Petya attacks with the BlackEnergy group - which became infamous for its targeted attacks against the Ukraine. At VB2016, ESET researchers Anton Cherepanov and Robert Lipovsky spoke about BlackEnergy, providing an overview of the group's attacks. Today, we publish their paper.
Read morePosted by Martijn Grooten on Jun 30, 2017
As WannaCry and (Not)Petya have shown, malware attacks can do a lot of damage. So is staying safe just a case of following good security advice?
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