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Weak keys and prime reuse make Diffie-Hellman implementations vulnerable

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 20, 2015

'Logjam' attack possibly used by the NSA to decrypt VPN traffic.

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Virus Bulletin announces student tickets for VB2015

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 15, 2015

87% discount for students and the option to give a lightning talk.

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Throwback Thursday: Double Trouble / The Perfect Couple

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 14, 2015

Once again this Throwback Thursday, we bring you not one but two (related) pieces from the archives as VB heads back to the mid-90s when a new era of viruses was believed to be dawning.

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Book review: The Florentine Deception, by Carey Nachenberg

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 13, 2015

John Hawes reviews Carey Nachenberg's debut novel.

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Book review: Data and Goliath, by Bruce Schneier

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 11, 2015

Paul Baccas reviews Data and Goliath 'The Hidden Battles to Collect You Data and Control Your World', by Bruce Schneier.

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Throwback Thursday: When Love came to Town

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 7, 2015

Once again this Throwback Thursday, we bring you not one but two (related) pieces from the archives as VB heads back to 2000 in the week of the 15th anniversary of the LoveLetter virus.

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You are your own threat model

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 5, 2015

For most people, the biggest security threat is that of themselves doing something they shouldn't do.

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Report: six anti-virus solutions pass annual Linux test

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2015

Clean sweep of passes in VB100 test on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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POODLE is the brown M&Ms of security

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 30, 2015

Just because it won't be exploited, doesn't mean you shouldn't patch it.

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Throwback Thursday: Regina v Christopher Pile: The Inside Story & Off with his Head!

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 30, 2015

This Throwback Thursday, we bring you not one but two (related) pieces from the archives as VB heads back to 1996 to look at events surrounding the issuing of the UK's first custodial sentence for writing and distributing computer viruses.

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