September issue of VB published

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 1, 2009

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

The September 2009 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:

How clean is clean?: 'If ever there was an argument to be made against a whitelisting-only approach to security, this is it,' claims Roel Schouwenberg, Kaspersky Lab.

Heads or tails?: Peter Ferrie reports on a virus that uses an interesting variation on cavity infection.

Data tainting for malware analysis - part one: The increased use of virtualization technologies presents new angles for new types of attack. Florent Marceau presents a different view of this technical evolution in order to take advantage of full virtualization with the aim of helping malware researchers.

Black Hat 2009 conference report: Andrew Lee reports from Caesar's Palace on the mammoth 15-track Black Hat conference.

G Data Total Security 2010: VB's test team decided to test drive G Data's latest complete suite product and were thoroughly impressed with the breadth and quality of the product.

Anti-spam comparative review September 2009: The latest round of VBSpam testing and certification sees an increase in the field of competitors for the third time in a row. This month, 12 products line up on the test bench. Martijn Grooten has the details.

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Posted on 01 September 2009 by Virus Bulletin

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