October issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 1, 2007

The October issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

The October 2007 issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to browse online or download in PDF format.

Some of the things this month's issue has in store are:

• Gateway scanning is not enough!: Why is the number of malicious attachments decreasing - and why shouldn't I be happy about it?' asks Paul Dickens, Institute of Physics Publishing.

• The need for an in-house SMTP honeypot: By blocking port 25 at the firewall, an organization can prevent a mass-mailer from spreading. However, by blindly blocking outgoing SMTP traffic, valuable data is lost on threats that use port 25. Vinoo Thomas and Nitin Jyoti discuss the benefits of redirecting vs. blocking internal SMTP traffic.

• Oh, Vienna!: Helen Martin reports on three packed days of presentations, networking, a little bit of gambling and a lot of fun at VB2007 in Vienna.

• OpenOffice security and viral risks - part two: In the conclusion of his two-part article presenting an up-to-date evaluation of the security of OpenOffice, Eric Filiol looks at security issues in OpenOffice integrity management and draws conclusions about the overall security of OpenOffice.

• Exepacker blacklisting: The blacklisting of exepackers by AV products is a controversial subject with opinions among the AV community varying widely. Gabor Szappanos takes a balanced view and discusses the pros and cons of exepacker detection.

• Boosting email anti-spam filters using an ensemble of SVM classifiers: Angela Blanco and Manuel Martin-Merino describe how anti-spam filters can be boosted by using an ensemble of SVM classifiers.

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Posted on 01 October 2007 by Virus Bulletin

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