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Predictions about the prediction scam

The prediction scam has yet to make it into electronic format. A group of researchers from the University of Calgary get ahead of the game and explain how they believe it will work.

Malware vs. anti-malware: (how) can we still survive?

Andreas Marx (AV-TEST)

‘Well executed and comprehensive tests will light the way to better products.’ Andreas Marx, AV-Test.org

Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008

John Hawes discovers how firewall expert Agnitum has fared having added malware detection to its Outpost Security Suite product.

Botnet monitoring

Despite the best efforts of the IT security industry it looks like the malicious bot is here to stay. Andrei Gherman looks at how botnet monitoring can provide information about bots as well as helping to keep the threat under control.

A richer, but more dangerous web

'The accessing of media-rich, collaborative sites by employees is already cause for concern in terms of both employee productivity and security.' Mark Murtagh, Websense.

2007: The year of the social engineer?

Martin Overton looks at how malware authors have started to borrow techniques from phishers.

Inside rogue Flash ads

As malicious web ads become increasingly common, Dennis Elser and Micha Pekrul take a close look at a Flash advertising banner belonging to the SWF.AdHijack family.

Rule-driven malware identification and classification

Over the last few years anti-virus researchers have faced an increasing volume of malware samples arriving at their research labs on a daily basis. Víctor Álvarez presents a simple, rule-driven approach to malware identification and classification…

A year of threats across several technologies

'The main trend I have observed this year has been the spread of malware activity across several forms of technology and applications.' Eddy Willems.

VB comparative review: Windows 2000 Professional

Fewer than half the products submitted for this VB100 review on Windows 2000 made the grade - largely thanks to some pesky polymorphic file infectors and a rash of false positives. John Hawes has all the details.