Virus Bulletin - August 2009


Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

Consulting Editors: Ian Whalley, Nick FitzGerald, Richard Ford, Edward Wilding

2009-08-01


Comment

Why is security (still) a Utopia?

'I hate FUD just as much as the next guy, but it did serve a purpose. People were more aware ... The sensational headlines kept up interest.' Per Hellqvist, Symantec.

Per Hellqvist - Symantec

News

MAAWG takes steps to tackle bots

Working group issues best practices documents for ISPs.

Helen Martin - Virus Bulletin, UK

Apple patches iphone

Patch released for critical SMS vulnerability.

Helen Martin - Virus Bulletin, UK

McAfee buys MX Logic

Vendor splashing out to strengthen SaaS offerings.

Helen Martin - Virus Bulletin, UK

Malware prevalence report

June 2009

The Virus Bulletin prevalence table is compiled monthly from virus reports received by Virus Bulletin; both directly, and from other companies who pass on their statistics.


Malware analysis

Making a Hash of things

Peter Ferrie details a virus that, while not ground-breaking, is a good lesson in being wary of received wisdom.

Peter Ferrie - Microsoft, USA

Features

Everybody lies: reaching after the truth while searching for rootkits

Alisa Shevchenko and Dmitry Oleksiuk introduce a new method for retrieving information from a possibly compromised system.

Alisa Shevchenko - eSage Lab, Russia & Dmitry Oleksiuk - eSage Lab, Russia

Automated clustering of unknown executables

Robert Sandilands describes a clustering technique aimed at helping in the daily efforts of analysing large numbers of samples.

Robert Sandilands - Authentium, USA

Conference report

Reflections on CEAS 2009

Gordon Cormack describes the highlights of the sixth Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS 2009).

Gordon V. Cormack - University of Waterloo, Canada

Comparative review

VB100 on Windows Vista Business Edition SP2 x32

This month VB's test team put 35 products through their paces on Windows Vista. After sifting through product freezes, crashes, hangs, logging difficulties and false positives, John Hawes reveals the full results.

John Hawes - Virus Bulletin

Calendar

Anti-malware industry events

Must-attend events in the anti-malware industry - dates, locations and further details.


 

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