July issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 1, 2012

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

The July 2012 issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to browse online or download in PDF or PRC (Kindle) format.

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

• Where should security reside?: 'It seems logical that, in the future, security must move closer to the information.' Greg Day, Symantec

• Noteven close: Code virtualization is a popular technique for making malware difficult to reverse engineer and analyse. W32/Noteven uses the technique, but has such a buggy interpreter that it's a wonder the code works at all. Peter Ferrie has the details.

• Tiny modularity: Researchers have found a small piece of malware capable of doing just as much as its bigger brothers. Raul Alvarez looks at the structure of the malware, its code injections and modular execution and describes how the tiny 'Tinba' is capable of doing so much.

• Malicious PDFs served by exploit kits: Although the PDF language was not designed to allow arbitrary code execution, implementation and design flaws in popular reader applications make it possible for criminals to infect machines via PDF documents. Didier Stevens explains how this is possible.

• Unpacking x64 PE+ binaries: introduction part 1: Aleksander Czarnowski describes some of the main differences between the PE and PE+ file formats from the perspective of the binary unpacking process.

• Quick reference for manual unpacking II: By packing their malicious executables, malware authors can be sure that when they are opened in a disassembler they will not show the correct sequence of instructions, thus making malware analysis a more lengthy and difficult process. Continuing on from his earlier article on the subject, Abhishek Singh provides a quick reference guide for unpacking malware from some more of the most commonly used packers.

Note: The July 2012 VBSpam comparative review will be published as standalone article later in the month. As with all new VBSpam and VB100 reviews, the report will be available for non-subscribers to purchase as a standalone item (Virus Bulletin subscribers will be notified by email when the comparative is available to download). Non-subscribers can purchase VB100 reports here and VBSpam reports here.

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Posted on 2 July 2012 by Virus Bulletin

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