April issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Apr 1, 2014

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

The April 2014 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:

• The shape of things to come: Momentous changes are in the pipeline for VB - with an exciting future ahead. Helen Martin announces the changes that are in store for the publication and the company.

• Threat intelligence sharing: tying one hand behind our backs: 'We will need to collaborate and implement standardized threat data sharing.' Chad Loeven

• The curse of Necurs, part 1: The Necurs rootkit is composed of a kernel-mode driver and a user-mode component. The rootkit makes use of some very powerful techniques, but fortunately it also has some chinks in its armour. Peter Ferrie describes its strengths and weaknesses.

• More fast or more dirty?: It is not uncommon, nowadays, for businesses to outsource their marketing to third parties - but sometimes, such business links lead to malicious activities. Ke Zhang dissects a piece of malware that generates referrer spam for a 'web search site' without its own search capability.

• Tofsee botnet: The spam botnet Tofsee can be divided into three components: loader, core module and plug-ins. Ryan Mi describes how the components communicate with the C&C server, and how they work with one another.

• Back to VBA: Last month's issue of Virus Bulletin featured a detailed analysis of the Polarbot (a.k.a. Solarbot) trojan. The article covered just about everything you could ever want to know about it - except for one thing: how does a computer end up being infected with this creation? Gabor Szappanos fills the gap by detailing one of the infiltration methods that was used extensively in the attack.

• Is the IT security industry up to the new challenges to come?: Working both as a product manager and as an IT security expert and evangelist for an IT security company, Sorin Mustaca has seen that, with the technologies and products that we have available, we can't mitigate all the attack vectors used by today's cybercriminals. He asks whether the security industry is up to the new challenges to come.

• Greetz from academe: No place to Hyde: In the latest of his 'Greetz from Academe' series, highlighting some of the work going on in academic circles, John Aycock looks at a paper that describes how malicious apps can be slipped past Apple's app review process.

Note: The April 2014 VB100 comparative review will be published at a later date. As with all new VB100 and VBSpam 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 02 April 2014 by Virus Bulletin

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