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Legal success against notorious spammers

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 1, 2009

Atkinson to pay huge fine; Ralsky to spend years in prison.

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December issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Dec 1, 2009

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

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AV-Comparatives releases latest retrospective figures

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 30, 2009

Half of products rated top-class in proactive detection testing.

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VB calls for collaboration amongst anti-spam vendors

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 30, 2009

VB finds that, when it comes to spam filtering, a combined effort outperforms individual products.

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ICSA Labs report reveals testing details

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 18, 2009

Certification issues unmasked in 20-year lab survey.

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Fortinet announces IPO

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 18, 2009

Gateway specialist releases share price projections.

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Anti-spam products do well in VB testing

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 4, 2009

VB announces anti-spam certification results.

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November issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 1, 2009

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

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AV-Comparatives publishes malware removal test

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 29, 2009

16 products challenged to remove selection of tricky infections.

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Bumper crop of October patch releases

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 16, 2009

Busy weeks for admins as Patch Tuesday joined by Adobe fixes, and Mozilla announces plug-in checking plans.

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VB2018 preview: Unpacking the packed unpacker: reversing an Android anti-analysis library

At VB2018, Google researcher Maddie Stone will present an analysis of the multi-layered 'WeddingCake' anti-analysis library used by many Android malware families.
Seven years ago, the first VB conference paper on Android malware looked at what was then a new, but growing trend. Since then both the threat and the research community have… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2018/08/vb2018-preview-unpacking-packed-unpacker-reversing-android-anti-analysis-library/

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

Marion Marschalek looks at two Miuref binaries: one packed with Visual Basic 6 and one with C++.
Marion Marschalek looks at two Miuref binaries: one packed with Visual Basic 6 and one with C++. Two months ago, Microsoft announced it had added 'Miuref' to its Malicious Software… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2014/07/paper-not-old-enough-be-forgotten-new-chic-visual-basic-6/

IEEE announces Anti-Malware Support Service

'Software taggant system' and 'clean file metadata exchange' discussed at previous VB conferences.
'Software taggant system' and 'clean file metadata exchange' discussed at previous VB conferences. Wouldn't it be nice if providers of software packers included a licence key in… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2014/03/ieee-announces-anti-malware-support-service/

Security experts gather in Europe

Anti-malware insights pooled at AMTSO, CARO and EICAR meetings.
Anti-malware insights pooled at AMTSO, CARO and EICAR meetings. Many of the world's leading anti-malware and security experts came together in the past week, at a string of… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/05/security-experts-gather-europe/

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