May issue of VB published

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   May 1, 2014

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

The May 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:

• A grown-up industry: 'The recently announced changes at Virus Bulletin have given us plenty of reason to look forward. But they have also provided us with an excuse to look back at the 25-year history of the company.' Martijn Grooten glances at the past and looks to the future.

• Neurevt botnet: new generation: Neurevt first appeared over a year ago - its many components cover a large number of the most popular malicious functionalities, including downloading malware, DDoS attacks and website sniffing. He Xu discusses the major changes that have been introduced into the most recent generation of the botnet.

• Anatomy of Turla exploits: Elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities can allow a program to run arbitrary code, regardless of that program's current permission level - as a result, they draw a lot of attention from malware authors. Wayne Low describes two of the EoP vulnerabilities exploited by the Turla malware family.

• The curse of Necurs, part 2: In the first part of his series on the Necurs rootkit, Peter Ferrie looked at what it does during start-up and when it is not loaded as a boot-time driver. This time, he looks at what Necurs does when it is loaded as a boot-time driver.

• On cyber investigations. Case study: a money transfer system robbery: The current information landscape is pretty lacking when it comes to information about cyber investigations. Most reports on cybercrime cover only the results of an investigation, omitting the process, the investigative techniques and the specific attack scenarios. Alisa Esage uses a real-world example to shed some light on the typical cyber investigation process.

• Greetz from academe: film at eleven: In the latest of his 'Greetz from Academe' series, highlighting some of the work going on in academic circles, John Aycock looks at PREC: practical root exploit containment for Android devices.

Note: The May 2014 VBSpam 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 May 2014 by Virus Bulletin

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