July issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 1, 2008

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

The July 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 commitment to quality and reliability: 'The purpose of the VB100 is to provide a regular measure of the competence, reliability and credibility of software vendors in the security field.' John Hawes, Virus Bulletin.
  • The road less truvelled: W32/Truvel: By the addition of a relocation table, Vista executables can be configured to use a dynamic image base. That essentially turns them into executable DLLs. Now a virus has come along that has made a 'breakthrough' by infecting these executables - or it would be a breakthrough if it weren't for the fact that relocatable executables have been supported since Windows 2000. Peter Ferrie takes an indepth look at the buggy W32/Truvel.
  • New memory persistence threats: Eric Filiol describes a set of computer memory weaknesses that could enable the theft of sensitive data via malware attacks.
  • Reversing Python modules: The object-oriented programming language Python can be used for many kinds of software development - potentially including malware development. Aleksander Czarnowski believes in being prepared and here he provides a brief overview of how to reverse engineer a Python module.
  • Advertising database poisoning: Adware programs have variously been dressed up as providing anti-phishing protection, intrusion detection capabilities as well as the 'benefit' of targeted advertising, but their presence is still a considerable nuisance to many. Here, Lysa Myers looks into the dubious world of Internet advertising and looks at the effects of programs such as AntiPhorm on adware in general.
  • Product review - Sunbelt Software VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware: John Hawes gets his hands on a beta copy of Sunbelt's VIPRE - a genuinely new anti-malware product emerging from the anti-spyware boom.
  • Spear phishing - on the rise?: Paul Baccas looks at the recent rise in targeted phishing campaigns alongside a decline in the profitability of more traditional phishing methods

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Posted on 01 July 2008 by Virus Bulletin

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