January issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

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

The January 2008 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:

  • 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.
  • Botnet monitoring: Despite the best efforts of the IT security industry it looks like malicious bots are 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.
  • Rule-driven malware identification and classification: Victor Alvarez presents a simple, rule-driven approach to malware identification and classification that complements the manual work of the malware researcher by compensating for the weaknesses of the human brain.
  • 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.
  • Call for papers: VB is seeking submissions for VB2008 in Ottawa.
  • Product review - Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008: John Hawes discovers how firewall expert Agnitum has fared after adding malware detection to its Outpost Security Suite product.
  • 2007: the year of the social engineer?: Martin Overton looks at how malware authors have started to borrow techniques from phishers.

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Posted on 05 January 2008 by Virus Bulletin

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