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The time between the announcement and exploitation of vulnerabilities continues to shrink - especially in the case of stack overflow vulnerabilities, which require very little skill to exploit. Peter Ferrie describes a prime example: the recent ANI…
Read more'The use of trojans to gather evidence has previously been proposed by law enforcers in Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA ... However, there is something of an obstacle for all magic lantern projects: the anti-malware industry has the…
Read moreIn this month's VB100 test we put 16 AV products through their paces on SUSE Linux. John Hawes has the details of how each of them fared.
Read moreThe recent Julie Amero court case has raised a number of concerns regarding computer security, investigation and liability. Who is responsible when a person uses a computer that is infected with malicious software? Can the user be liable even when…
Read moreThe Wanuk worm, written for the Solaris platform, was unusual in that its author paid a lot of attention to detail with his creation, and even included error checks at each step - however, at least one bug slipped through. Costin Ionescu has the full…
Read moreRichard Ford (Florida Institute of Technology)
What lies ahead for anti-virus testing programmes with the introduction of new protection schemes that move away from scanner-based detection? Richard Ford and Attila Ondi look to the future of AV testing.
Read moreMartin Overton revisits the topic of 419 scams, cataloguing some of the changes seen over the last few years.
Read more'As things currently stand, anyone who has pornographic images appearing on their screen as a result of malware on their PC, or being trapped in a continuous pop-up loop, is at risk of conviction if there are minors in the vicinity.' Alex Shipp,…
Read moreJohn Hawes takes an indepth look at AEC's TrustPort Workstation.
Read moreJose Nazario (Arbor Networks)
'Monitoring darknet traffic yields great visibility into what threats are present.’ Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks.
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