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Never mind having fun: are we safe yet?

David Harley (ESET)

David Harley reviews Michael Miller's 'Is it safe?' and finds a book that’s largely accurate and well written - a relative rarity for a book on computer security.

Phishing rises as spam takes a dip

MessageLabs report shows an increase in phishing and a slight drop in spam levels.

Anti-spam testing: frequently given answers

Martijn Grooten (Virus Bulletin)

Martijn Grooten answers some of the common queries raised by vendors about the proposed test set-up for VB's upcoming anti-spam comparative testing.

First offender punished under New Zealand anti-spam law

Spammer faces NZD 100,000 fine.

Surveillance chief and AV firm accused of corruption

Rumblings of shady deals, bribery and underhand tactics in Chinese AV market.

Hacker in demand

Romanian hacker impresses Italian authorities with intellect.

CCC 25C3

Morton Swimmer (Trend Micro)

Upon leaving the 25th Chaos Communication Congress, Morton Swimmer concluded that 2009 is going to be a very interesting year – but not in a good way. Here he provides a full round up of the research presented at the event.

VB RAP testing

This month sees the introduction of a new testing format to VB’s bi-monthly VB100 comparative review – RAP testing (Reactive And Proactive) will provide deeper insight into products' ability to keep up with the flood of new malware as well as their…

Anti-unpacker tricks – part three

New anti-unpacking tricks continue to be developed as the older ones are constantly being defeated. In this series of articles Peter Ferrie describes some tricks that might become common in the future, along with some countermeasures. This month's…

To run or not to run? That’s the question

'Do media players, Sat Navs, SD cards or external hard drives make legitimate use of AutoRun?' Roel Schouwenberg, Kaspersky Lab, USA.