Virus Bulletin - June 2014


Editor: Helen Martin

Editor: Martijn Grooten

Chief of Operations: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

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

2014-06-02


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John Hawes - Virus Bulletin, UK

News

Malware adds invisible skimmers to Macanese ATMs

Malware was capable of reading PINs and data of the cards inserted into ATMs.

Martijn Grooten - Virus Bulletin, UK

Malware analyses

Wapomi

Wapomi is a virus with trojan-like behaviour. It was originally detected as long as a couple of years ago, yet it is still very active in the wild. Raul Alvarez takes a look at some of the malware’s functionalities in an attempt to shed light on its persistence.

Raul Alvarez - Fortinet, Canada

The curse of Necurs, part 3

In the first and second parts of his series on the Necurs rootkit, Peter Ferrie looked at what it does to hook the system. In part 3, he takes a look at what those hooks actually do.

Peter Ferrie - Microsoft, USA

Sinowal banking trojan

With a modular architecture and sophisticated functionality, Sinowal is a multi-component banking trojan targeted at various web browsers which threatens users of online banking systems around the globe. Chao Chen delves into the inner workings of each of the components of this powerful malware.

Chao Chen - Fortinet, China

Book review

Rogue Code

Paul Baccas reviews the third novel in Mark Russinovich's Jeff Aiken series.

Paul Baccas - Proofpoint, UK

Spotlight

Greetz from academe: Will research for food

In the last of his ‘Greetz from academe’ series, highlighting some of the work going on in academic circles, John Aycock looks at change in the form of Android update flaws, as well as spare change under the guise of academic funding.

John Aycock - University of Calgary, Canada

Feature

Fuzzing everything in 2014 for 0-day vulnerability disclosure

As indicated by the considerable payouts we see being made for valid security vulnerabilities, finding valuable 0-days is not an easy task. Fuzzing – the most common approach to bug hunting – is technologically and scientifically well developed and well documented, yet simply running some fuzzers isn't enough to achieve the desired outcome. Alisa Esage attempts to pin down the secret ingredient for successful bug hunting.

Alisa Esage - Esage Lab, Russia

Comparative review

VB100 comparative review on Windows Server 2012

The VB test team put 29 products through their paces on Windows Server 2012. John Hawes has the details.

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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