Posted by Martijn Grooten on Sep 19, 2017
We preview the VB2017 paper by Fortinet researcher Axelle Apvrille, in which she looks at some less obvious tools for reverse engineering Android malware.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Sep 18, 2017
Researchers from Cisco Talos have found that a recent version of the widely used CCleaner tool installed malware on the machine.
Read morePosted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 15, 2017
Though ransomware is far more profitable than using a compromised PC to mine bitcoins, the global distribution of malware means that there are many botnets for which mining is the most efficient way to extract money out of a PC.
Read morePosted by Martijn Grooten on Sep 14, 2017
We preview the VB2017 paper by Julia Karpin and Anna Dorfman (F5 networks), in which they present a tool to decrypt encrypted parts of malware.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Sep 13, 2017
We preview the VB2017 paper by Marco Romagna and Niek Jan van den Hout (The Hague University of Applied Sciences), in which they thoroughly analyse the motivations and modus operandy of hacktivists.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Sep 13, 2017
Proof-of-concepts for bypasses of security products always sound scary, but how seriously should we take them? VB Editor Martijn Grooten lists three questions one should ask about any such bypass to determine how serious a threat it represents.
Read morePosted by Martijn Grooten on Sep 12, 2017
Today, we announce two more 'Small Talks' for the VB2017 programme. In one of them, Neil Schwarzman will discuss the consequences of the GDPR for WHOIS and abuse research, while the other will be hosted by three members of EICAR, who will discuss its work on a trustworthiness strategy and minimum standard.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Sep 11, 2017
From attacks on Ukraine's power grid to web shells, and from car hacking to ransomware: we announce the first nine 'last-minute' papers on the VB2017 programme.
Posted by Martijn Grooten on Sep 5, 2017
A lot of vulnerabilities that are discovered are never exploited in the wild. It is still important to patch them though.
Read morePosted by Martijn Grooten on Sep 4, 2017
A security researcher found more than 700 million email addresses stored on a server used by a spam botnet, which gives us some insight into what the email lists used by spammers look like.