Virus Bulletin issue archive
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Virus Bulletin - December 2013
Surveillance and servility: is the AV industry a puppet of statecraft? (comment); In memoriam: Péter Ször 1970-2013 (obituary); Onkod: a downloader and its 'downloadee' (malware analysis); Fake KakaoTalk security plug-in (malware analysis); Hands in the cookie JAR (malware analysis); The past and future of international cooperation (commentary); Greetz from academe: Santa's got a gun (spotlight); EICAR 2013: Data protection < > data security? (conference report)
Virus Bulletin - November 2013
Perhaps email is broken after all (comment); VB2013: Berlin time (conference report); Another tussle with Tussie (malware analysis); Neurevt bot analysis (malware analysis); When ZAccess becomes a debugger (malware analysis); The murky waters of the Internet: anatomy of malvertising and other e-threats (feature); Greetz from academe: monkey vs. Python (spotlight)
Virus Bulletin - October 2013
Have NSA leaks given us our cyber-Chernobyl? (comment); Doin' the eagle rock... again! (malware analysis); Same Zeus, different features (malware analysis); Inside an iframe injector: a look into NiFramer (malware analysis); In search of a secure operating system (feature); Greetz from academe: counting Jedis (spotlight); VB100 comparative review on Windows 2008 Server R2 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - September 2013
Is cybersecurity by fiat DOA? (comment); Styx exploit pack: insidious design analysis (malware analysis); Fans like Pro, too (malware analysis); Nedsym spamming (feature); Greetz from academe: On motivation (spotlight); VBSpam comparative review September 2013 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - August 2013
The dying art of computer viruses (comment); Andromeda 2.7 features (malware analysis); The ZeroAccess money-generating campaign (malware analysis); The clean theory (feature); BadNews reveals ongoing challenges in the Android marketplace (feature); Greetz from academe: masters of their own domains (spotlight); VB100 comparative review on Windows 7 Professional (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - July 2013
On the cusp of evolutionary change (comment); Alipime makes a comeback with Fujacks.CB (malware analysis); Not drowning, WAV-ing (malware analysis); Who's bad? NgrBot or SkyBot? (malware analysis); Unlocking LockScreen (malware analysis); Apktool set-up for Android lab (tutorial); Greetz from academe: ethical quandaries (spotlight); July 2013 VBSpam comparative review (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - June 2013
Password sweepstakes (comment); Chat-and-paste (malware analysis); MultiPlatform Madness! (malware analysis); Greetz from academe: Content-Agnostic Malware Protection (spotlight); Java: setting security manager to null (feature); Bitcoin mining: investing in the future of the underground market (feature); VB100 comparative review on Windows Server 2012 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - May 2013
Botnets of the mind (comment); Read the Transcript (malware analysis); A good look at the Andromeda botnet (malware analysis); Persistency in the wild (malware analysis); Cat-and-mouse game in CVE2012-0158 (technical feature); VBSpam comparative review May 2013 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - April 2013
Java security in the era of BYOD (comment); Ogee whiz (malware analysis); A deeper look into the ZeroAccess clickbot (malware analysis); Pushdo's new second generation (malware analysis); Shellcoding ARM: part 3 (tutorial); Phishing and fraud: the make-believe industry (feature); VB100 comparative review on Windows XP Professional SP3 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - March 2013
Yesterday's solutions to today's problems (comment); The evolution of Zortob (malware analysis); It's mental static! (malware analysis); What are browser exploit kits up to? A look into Sweet Orange and ProPack (feature); Shellcoding ARM: part 2 (tutorial); March 2013 VBSpam comparative review (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - February 2013
Targeted attacks: what's in store? (comment); A(C)ES high (malware analysis); Please help! (malware analysis); Techniques for evading automated analysis (feature); Anti-virus: last rites, or rites of passage? (commentary); Breaking down barriers for cybersecurity: where's the first-mover advantage? (commentary); VB100 comparative review on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - January 2013
Ransomware for fun and profit (comment); Talk to you later (malware analysis); Surf's up (malware analysis); Shellcoding ARM (tutorial); Writing a static unpacker for XPXAXCXK (feature); A change in the toolkit/exploit kit landscape (feature)