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SonicWALL in latest acquisition

The latest in a flurry of activity in acquisitions and mergers in the security field.

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Erratum: VBSpam comparative review May 2010

Correction to last month's VBSpam figures.

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What’s the deal with sender authentication? Part 1

Terry Zink (Microsoft)

Sender authentication is a hot topic in the world of email. It has a number of uses and a number of suggested uses. Which ones work in real life? Which ones don’t quite measure up? Can we use authentication to mitigate spoofing? Can we use it to…

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Adapting to TxF

Abhijit P. Kulkarni (Quick Heal Technologies)
Prakash D. Jagdale (Quick Heal Technologies)

Abhijit Kulkarni and Prakash Jagdale discuss why most real-time anti-virus scanners are ineffective at detecting malware written using the TxF facility and propose a working solution for the problem.

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Anti-unpacker tricks – part eight

Last year, a series of articles described some tricks that might become common in the future, along with some countermeasures. Now, the series continues with a look at tricks that are specific to debuggers and emulators.

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The best of...

‘[The security industry] has made great strides in attempting to get information across to the general populace in a palatable format..’ Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin

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Exploit kit explosion – part two: vectors of attack

After introducing a multitude of exploit frameworks used in drive-by browser-based attacks in his last article, this month Mark Davis details the functionality of frameworks, focusing on attack vectors (exploits) and counter-intelligence efforts.

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Acquisitions, sales and rumours

Symantec makes purchases, Sophos sells majority interest and rumours rumble about McAfee.

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Cyber Security Challenge challenged by vulnerability

XSS vulnerability in site of project aimed at plugging cyber security skills gap.

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TDSS infections – quarterly report

The TDSS/TDL rootkit is the cause of many a headache for anti-virus vendors. Here, Alisa Shevchenko presents a report and analysis of statistics collected from the users of a TDSS removal tool during the first quarter of 2010.

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