March issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Mar 1, 2011

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

The March 2011 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:

• VBSpam comparative review: In this month's VBSpam test 18 out of 19 full solutions achieved VBSpam certification. Martijn Grooten has the details.

• What next for rogue AVs?: 'The issue facing even the most experienced users is how to distinguish between fake and legitimate anti-virus solutions before installing them on a computer.' Dmitry Bestuzhev, Kaspersky Lab

• Flibi night: Drawing on some parallels with molecular biology, the W32/Flibi virus attempts to evolve new behaviours in order to evade detection. Peter Ferrie has the details.

• Defeating mTANs for profit - part one: Until recently, malware on mobile devices had not been used for organized crime involving large amounts of money. This changed when the infamous Zeus gang, known for targeting online banking, started to show a clear interest in infecting mobile phones and released a new version of their bot to propagate a trojan for mobile phones. Axelle Apvrille and Kyle Yang present an indepth analysis of the Zitmo trojan.

• Canada's new anti-spam law: With the passage of bill C-28 in December, Canada became the last of the G-8 countries to make spamming illegal. John Levine, who was involved in the development of the bill, outlines the new law and its implications.

• A nice drop of Cocoa: Mac security in general attracts a lot of attention these days, and with this in mind David Harley reviews a book that aims to help Mac developers build security into their apps from the beginning of the development process.

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Posted on 01 March 2011 by Virus Bulletin

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