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Black Hat Europe - day 1

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 17, 2014

Programme packed with interesting talks.

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VB2014 paper: DNSSEC - how far have we come?

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 16, 2014

Nick Sullivan describes how DNSSEC uses cryptography to add authentication and integrity to DNS responses.

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Report: 15 solutions achieve VBSpam award

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 15, 2014

Surprisingly, the presence of more URLs doesn't necessarily make spam easier to block.

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POODLE attack forces the Internet to move away from SSL 3.0

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 15, 2014

Users and administrators urged to stop supporting the protocol, or at least to prevent downgrade attacks.

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Windows zero-day used in targeted attacks

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 14, 2014

Vulnerability used to download BlackEnergy trojan - as discussed during VB2014.

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VB2014 paper: The evolution of webinjects

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 13, 2014

Jean-Ian Boutin looks at the increased commoditization of webinjects.

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Shellshock used to spread Mayhem

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 8, 2014

Malware switched to more effective Perl installer.

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Paper: The Hulk

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Oct 8, 2014

Raul Alvarez studies cavity file infector.

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VB2014: Slides day three

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 28, 2014

Thanks all for a fantastic conference and see you in Prague... or in Denver!

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'Windigo' research wins first annual Péter Szőr award

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 26, 2014

The first of many awards to commemorate brilliant researcher.

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Microsoft issues emergency patch

Out-of-cycle update fixes serious, wormable flaw.
Out-of-cycle update fixes serious, wormable flaw.Microsoft has issued an emergency update to cover a serious vulnerability in the Windows Server service, breaking its usual monthly… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/10/microsoft-issues-emergency-patch/

Four critical updates this Patch Tuesday

11 updates to be issued by Microsoft in October's monthly patch release: 4 critical.
11 updates to be issued by Microsoft in October's monthly patch release: 4 critical.Microsoft has prepared a total of 11 updates for the October round of its monthly patch release… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/10/four-critical-updates-patch-tuesday/

Four critical updates in Patch Tuesday release

Monthly security update small but vital.
Monthly security update small but vital.Microsoft has released its monthly 'Patch Tuesday' batch of security updates, with only four items on the list but all of them marked… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/09/four-critical-updates-patch-tuesday-release/

'Olympic' emails contain malicious XLS attachments

Malware writers sprint to use vulnerabilities before next Patch Tuesday.
Malware writers sprint to use vulnerabilities before next Patch Tuesday. Security researchers have reported seeing emails containing XLS attachments designed to exploit a yet… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/03/olympic-emails-contain-malicious-xls-attachments/

Bumper Patch Tuesday short of one patch

Excel remains vulnerable as expected fix is dropped.
Excel remains vulnerable as expected fix is dropped.Microsoft has issued its monthly 'Patch Tuesday' set of security updates, with a larger than usual crop of patches for a variety… https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2008/02/bumper-patch-tuesday-short-one-patch/

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