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Google's Project Zero to hunt for zero-days

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 16, 2014

Bugs to be reported to the vendor only, and to become public once patched.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 14, 2014

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

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++.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 7, 2014

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 3, 2014

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 2, 2014

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 1, 2014

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Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 23, 2014

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

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 19, 2014

Trojan masquerades as Google Play app; cannot be removed.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jun 17, 2014

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SMS trojan targets Android users in eight western countries

Will another piece of mobile malware convince Google manager of the seriousness of the threat?
Will another piece of mobile malware convince Google manager of the seriousness of the threat? Researchers at Kaspersky have discovered an SMS trojan for Android phones that… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/11/sms-trojan-targets-android-users-eight-western-countries/

Zitmo trojan for Android defeats two-factor authentication

Malware intercepts TANs sent via SMS.
Malware intercepts TANs sent via SMS. A new variant of the Zitmo trojan has been discovered that infects mobile devices running the Android platform and which intercepts SMS… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/07/zitmo-trojan-android-defeats-two-factor-authentication/

DroidKungFu command and control server may be mobile device

Android trojan makes use of root exploit.
Android trojan makes use of root exploit. Researchers at Fortinet have discovered a command and control server for the 'DroidKungFu' Android trojan that appears to be a mobile… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2011/06/droidkungfu-command-and-control-server-may-be-mobile-device/

AVG to acquire DroidSecurity

Security firm set to expand solutions to mobile devices.
Security firm set to expand solutions to mobile devices. Czech security firm AVG has announced the acquisition of Tel Aviv-based DroidSecurity, a specialist in cloud-based… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/11/avg-acquire-droidsecurity/

Android SMS trojan goes wild

Premium-rate text scam shows growing cracks in smart phone security.
Premium-rate text scam shows growing cracks in smart phone security. The first known SMS trojan affecting smart phones running Google's Android operating system has been observed… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/08/android-sms-trojan-goes-wild/

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