An indispensable source of reference for anyone concerned with computer security, the Bulletin is the forum through which leading security researchers publish the latest security research and information in a bid to share knowledge with the security community. Publications cover the latest threats, new developments and techniques in the security landscape, opinions from respected members of the industry, and more. The Bulletin archives offer informative articles going back to 1989. Our editorial team is happy to hear from anyone interested in submitting a paper for publication.
Ken Dunham (iSIGHT Partners)
Point-of-Sale (POS) e-crime fraud was of little discussion until the fall of 2013. Since then, a large number of retail stores in the US have announced major breaches. The number of infected organizations is in the thousands, with credit card…
Read moreVlad Craciun (Bitdefender)
Andrei Nacu (Bitdefender)
Mihail Andronic (Bitdefender)
Win32.Virlock, with all its variations, is both a new kind of file infector and a piece of ransomware (screen-locker) at the same time. In this paper, we aim to cover the techniques used by this virus and discuss methods that can be used to detect…
Read moreStephen Cobb (ESET)
Cybercrime certainly feels like a major threat to the security of networked systems upon which so much of daily life depends in the world today. Criminals routinely use digital networks to steal data, defraud companies and consumers, and disrupt…
Read moreChristy Chung (Fortinet)
Neo Tan (Fortinet)
The CryptoLocker ransomware was first discovered in late 2013. Millions of computers were infected, billions of files were encrypted, and millions of dollars’ worth of ransom was collected within several months. It caught a lot of researchers’…
Read moreEric Koeppen (IBM)
Exfiltration of data has been a feature of many attacks, where confidential customer information has been leaked to malicious actors - such infections can have disastrous effects on a company’s brand, customer loyalty, and competitive advantage. In…
Read moreXinran Wang (Shape Security)
Yao Zhao (Shape Security)
It is reported that more than 1,400 financial institutions have been targeted by attackers using banking trojans, and the top 15 targeted financial institutions were attacked by more than 50 per cent of the trojans in 2013. One major tactic of…
Read moreJérôme Segura (Malwarebytes)
Tech support scams have been around for a long time, and despite all the attention they have received, they are only getting worse. Scammers are diversifying - no longer just using the Microsoft cold-calling technique but now also using deceptive ads…
Read moreAnna Szalay (Sophos)
Jagadeesh Chandraiah (Sophos)
With Android being the fastest-growing mobile OS, and with a rapidly increasing number of Android malware samples in existence, it is important to acknowledge the risk of exploitation of security vulnerabilities by malware. In their VB2014 paper,…
Read moreRowland Yu (Sophos)
A growing percentage of Android malware, including Zeus, SMSSend, and re-packaged applications, are packed using legitimate packers originally developed to protect the intellectual property of Android applications, with other malware having been…
Read moreStefan Catalin Hanu (Bitdefender)
Stefan Mosoi (Bitdefender)
Marius Lucaci (Bitdefender)
Analysing greyware applications and taking a definitive decision on whether or not to block them is more than often a tedious job, combining research and both dynamic and static analysis. In their VB2014 paper, Stefan Catalin Hanu, Stefan Mosoi and…
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