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VB2014 preview: Apple without a shell - iOS under targeted attack

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 12, 2014

FireEye researchers show a large attack vector for Apple's mobile operating system.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 11, 2014

Trick shows that spammers still try to beat content-based filters.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 11, 2014

Aditya K. Sood and Rohit Bansal study the malware's behaviour when ran on a physical machine.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 10, 2014

Use of single XOR key leaves ransomware open to known-plaintext attack.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 9, 2014

Richard Ford and Marco Carvalho present an idea for how to test products that claim to detect the unknown.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 5, 2014

Hot topics to be covered at VB2014 conference in Seattle.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 3, 2014

Aditya K. Sood and Rohit Bansal dissect botnet primarily used for financial fraud.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 2, 2014

Hong Kei Chan and Liang Huang describe the various aspects and the evolution of point-of-sale malware.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 29, 2014

Thibault Reuille and Dhia Mahjoub use particle physics to shows clusters of malicious domains.

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Aug 28, 2014

Malware possibly still in the 'brewing' stage.

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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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Paper: Prosecting the Citadel botnet - revealing the dominance of the Zeus descendent: part one

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