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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

Paul Baccas (Sophos)

Paul Baccas summarises the good, the bad and the ugly within Jakobsson and Ramzan's 'Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses'.

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The problem of backscatter – part 1

Terry Zink (Microsoft)

Backscatter is one of the hot issues in the world of spam filtering. So what exactly is backscatter? Why does it occur? How do we stop it? And why can’t we do a better job of filtering it? Terry Zink explains all.

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VB100 August 2008 - Windows XP Service Pack 3

With a new set of samples to measure detection against, a new platform on new hardware and a selection of new products in the mix, John Hawes had his work cut out in this comparative review on Windows XP SP3.

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Improving heuristics

Heuristic detection can provide valuable assistance to help security analysts in achieving zero-day malware detection. Newaz Rafiq and Yida Mao discuss a novel heuristic detection technique with a high level of accuracy and a high level of…

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Neosploit business wound up

Infection kit no longer profitable.

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Security companies splash out

New acquisitions for Sophos and Aladdin.

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‘Yet another Rustock analysis ...’

Lukasz Kwiatek and Stanislaw Litawa take a detailed look at Rustock.C.

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Evading CAPTCHA

Martin Overton looks at the use of CAPTCHAs in web security and at how cybercriminals are making increasing attempts to evade them.

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The case for AV for Linux: Linux/Rst-B

A high prevalence of Linux/Rst-B seen recently on hacked Linux boxes is not due to ingenious spreading mechanisms or Linux users swapping binaries, but due to a proliferation of infected hacking tools. Billy McCourt has the details of this real,…

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Prolific spammer jailed

Robert Soloway to remain behind bars for 47 months.

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