Martijn Grooten reports on what proved to be a good month for products taking part in the VBSpam test, with 14 VBSpam awards among the 15 participating solutions, and five of them achieving a VBSpam+ award.
In this short version of the July 2015 VBSpam report, Martijn Grooten provides a summary of the results of the 38th VBSpam test as well as some information on ‘the state of spam’.
In 1994, Cyber Riot was the first virus to full advantage of the additional functionality provided by Windows. VB asked: what are the implications?
Was the outbreak of the Yankee virus at Nuclear Electric’s newest UK reactor site, Sizewell B, a real threat, or nothing more than media hype?
As is well documented, the Internet offers many opportunities for viral spread. However, it also provides mechanisms for anti-virus spread – in 1996, VB took a brief look at the world of downloadable anti-virus software.
In June 2004 the first worm arrived that spreads from mobile phone to mobile phone: SymbOS/Cabir. Fortunately, due to the fact that the worm used a specific user-interface component, it was restricted to Series 60-based mobile phones. Peter Ferrie and Peter Ször have the details.
Dridex is a descendent of the Cridex malware. Its initial spread occurred in late 2014 via spam and the malware is still active in the wild today. Meng Su describes its working mechanism and how it gathers information and communicates with the C&C server.