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Throwback Thursday: Cabirn Fever

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 9, 2015

This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 2004, when the first worm to spread from mobile phone to mobile phone appeared.

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Little sympathy for breached Hacking Team

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 8, 2015

Lists of customers, source code and zero-day vulnerabilities made public.

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Throwback Thursday: The Updating Game

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 2, 2015

This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 1997, when automatic updates of AV software were not the norm.

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Nominations opened for second Péter Ször Award

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 29, 2015

'Brilliant mind and a true gentleman' commemorated through annual award for technical security research.

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Latest spam filter test sees significant drop in catch rates

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 26, 2015

Despite a drop in catch rates, 15 products earn a VBSpam award, with four earning a VBSpam+ award.

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VB2014 paper: Quantifying maliciousness in Alexa top-ranked domains

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 26, 2015

Paul Royal looks at malware served through the most popular websites.

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Throwback Thursday: KAOS on the Superhighway?

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 25, 2015

This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 1994, when KAOS4 was discovered on the Internet.

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Paper: Using .NET GUIDs to help hunt for malware

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 24, 2015

Tool to extract identifiers incorporated into VirusTotal.

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Steganoprague: a VB2015 competition & puzzle

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 24, 2015

Use your obfuscation and deobfuscation skills to win a prize during the VB2015 conference!

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NSA, GCHQ found to target anti-virus products

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jun 23, 2015

Agencies looked for vulnerabilities to exploit and for submitted malware samples.

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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/

ZOO archive issues hit security vendors

Errors handling rare format patched by four AV and anti-spam products.
Errors handling rare format patched by four AV and anti-spam products. A researcher has revealed details of flawed implementation of a somewhat archaic archive format, .zoo, which… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/zoo-archive-issues-hit-security-vendors/

7 critical flaws patched on Patch Tuesday

May Security Bulletin covers wide range of vulnerabilities.
May Security Bulletin covers wide range of vulnerabilities.Microsoft's latest 'Patch Tuesday' security bulletin included fixes for seven vulnerabilities, all rated 'Critical' and… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2007/05/7-critical-flaws-patched-patch-tuesday/

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