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What’s the deal with sender authentication? Part 6

Terry Zink (Microsoft)

Which sender authentication techniques work in real life? Which ones don’t quite measure up? Can we use authentication to mitigate spoofing? Can we use it to guarantee authenticity? And how do we authenticate email, anyway? Terry Zink concludes his…

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Transitions: welcome to the new old world

Andrew Lee takes stock of the anti-malware industry and the world at large as we stand on the cusp of a new decade.

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Carberp, a new bag of tricks

As in normal business, one of most effective ways for a banker trojan to gain market share is to do things better than its competitors, and if possible, make the migration from competitors to its own business as easy as possible. Carberp does both of…

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How do we make bigger better?

‘Whilst bigger may not always be better, it is clearly always bigger. And bigness begets bigness.’ Paul Ducklin, Sophos

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eScan Internet Security 11

VB's lab team take a closer look at eScan Internet Security 11, commenting on its funky styling and the wealth of features it has to offer.

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'Hello, I'm from Windows and I'm here to help you'

Craig Johnston relates a tale of unsolicited phone calls, interesting conversations and a worrying (anti-)malware-related scam.

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VB ‘securing your organization in the age of cybercrime’ Seminar

Helen Martin reports from the first VB Seminar in London.

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Commercial ‘malware’ production

Gunter Ollmann (Damballa)

‘The development and application of sophisticated malware ... already exists within the commercial realm.’ Gunter Ollmann, Damballa

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Season’s greetings

Happy holidays from the VB team.

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Spam falls to 2008 levels

Spam levels at lowest since 2008.

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