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Chim Chymine: a lucky sweep?

Apart from generating detection for Stuxnet, ESET also started to detect its approach heuristically and it wasn't long before new malware families appeared, experimenting with LNK files. David Harley has the details.
experimenting with LNK files. David Harley has the details. Copyright https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2010/09/chim-chymine-lucky-sweep/

Call of the WildList: last orders for WildCore-based testing?

The well-documented problems with WildList testing derive from difficulties in adjusting to the 21st Century threat landscape. The (obviously overstretched) WildList Organization's focus on self-replicating malware, which nowadays comprises a small percen…
David Harley ESET Andrew Lee K7 Computing The https://www.virusbulletin.com/conference/vb2010/abstracts/call-wildlist-last-orders-wildcore-based-testing/

August

Apple pie order? (comment); Anti-unpacker tricks - part eleven (technical feature); Advanced exploit framework lab set-up (tutorial) HTML structure-based proactive phishing detection (feature); What's the deal with sender authentication? Part 3 (feature);…
ESET David Harley https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2010/08/

Apple pie order?

‘Over 40% [of computer users] think [that Macs are] only “somewhat” vulnerable.’ David Harley, ESET
https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2010/08/apple-pie-order/

AV testing exposed

As the number of security suites increases, so does the need for accurate tests to assess detection capability and footprint, but accuracy and appropriate methodology gets harder. Good tests help consumers to make better-informed choices, and help vendors…
ESET Juraj Malcho ESET Richard Marko ESET David Harley ESET download slides https://www.virusbulletin.com/conference/vb2010/abstracts/av-testing-exposed/

August issue of VB published

The August issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/08/august-issue-vb-published/

EICAR 2010: rainy days in Paris

Eddy Willems reports on the highlights of the 19th EICAR conference in a soggy Paris.
malware. Jan Vrabec and David Harley shared their views on the methodology and https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2010/06/eicar-2010-rainy-days-paris/

June issue of VB published

The June issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/06/june-issue-vb-published/

PWN2KILL, EICAR and AV: scientific and pragmatic research

‘Crossing over to the Dark Side of the customer/vendor divide has made me increasingly aware of just how bad "bad" can be.’ David Harley, ESET
https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2010/06/pwn2kill-eicar-and-av-scientific-and-pragmatic-research/

June

PWN2KILL, EICAR and AV: scientific and pragmatic research (comment); Anti-unpacker tricks - part nine (technical feature); MBR rootkit: beginnings (malware analysis); What's the deal with sender authentication? Part 1 (feature); EICAR 2010: rainy days in …
ESET David Harley https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2010/06/

January issue of VB published

The January issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
what the organization does and stands for. David Harley provides his take on what AMTSO has achieved https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2010/01/january-issue-vb-published/

January

The web of darkness (comment); It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Fooperman (malware analysis); Social science meets computer science (book review); AMTSOlutely fabulous (spotlight); The top ten spam, malware and e-security stories of 2009 (feature); Alwil a…
what the organization does and stands for. David Harley provides his take on what AMTSO has achieved … and what might lie ahead. David Harley https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2010/01/

AMTSOlutely fabulous

Since its inception, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) has outlined its charter, held regular meetings, produced a range of standards documents and continues to work towards raising the overall standard of testing. However, there is …
what the organization does and stands for. David Harley provides his take on what AMTSO has achieved … what the organization does and stands for. David Harley provides his take on what AMTSO has achieved https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2010/01/amtsolutely-fabulous/

AMTSO members summit covers controversial issues

Expert body gets to grips with string of difficult subjects.
members Stuart Taylor of Sophos here and David Harley of ESET here. Posted on 16 October 2009 by https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2009/10/amtso-members-summit-covers-controversial-issues/

Whatever happened to the unlikely lads? A hoaxing metamorphosis

Once upon a time the most problematic chain emails were virus hoaxes, as exemplified by the Good Times hoax: however, perhaps the last really innovative malware-related hoaxes were the SULFNBK and JDGBMGR hoaxes of the early noughties. Since then, most an…
David Harley ESET Randy Abrams ESET Once upon a time https://www.virusbulletin.com/conference/vb2009/abstracts/whatever-happened-unlikely-lads-hoaxing-metamorphosis/

Malice through the looking glass: behaviour analysis for the next decade

Most VB conference attendees have a major interest in malicious code. Often they focus on the highly technical issues around the intricacies of malware technology and counter-technology, the programmatic detail of attack and counter-attack. Sometimes they…
Jeff Debrosse ESET David Harley ESET Most VB conference attendees have a https://www.virusbulletin.com/conference/vb2009/abstracts/malice-through-looking-glass-behaviour-analysis-next-decade/

CARO mio, AMTSO mon amour

David Harley reports on two important industry gatherings that achieved the magic combination of social networking, the exchange of solid information, great entertainment and a beautiful setting: the CARO workshop and the latest AMTSO meeting.
David HarleyESET … Helen Martin Abstract David Harley reports on two important industry gatherings https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2009/06/caro-mio-amtso-mon-amour/

EICAR 2009 in a nutshell: ich bin ein EICARer

Testing, science fiction, a security legend and some magic - Eddy Willems describes the highlights of a sunny week in Berlin at the 19th EICAR conference.
testing. David Harley and Randy Abrams from ESET presented a paper https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2009/06/eicar-2009-nutshell-ich-bin-ein-eicarer/

June

Malware without a name is still malware (comment); Anti-unpacker tricks - part seven (technical feature); CARO mio, AMTSO mon amour (conference report); EICAR 2009 in a nutshell: ich bin ein EICARer (conference report); VB100 on Windows Server 2003 (compa…
AMTSO mon amour David Harley reports on two important industry gatherings … CARO workshop and the latest AMTSO meeting. David Harley https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2009/06/

March

Weathering the storm (comment); Anti-unpacker tricks - part four (technical feature); Confounded Conficker (virus analysis); Never mind having fun: are we safe yet? (book review); Rising Internet Security 2009 (product review);
David Harley reviews Michael … rarity for a book on computer security. David Harley https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2009/03/

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