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It is time for defenders to go on the offence

‘Challenge [defenders] to take a penetration testing or exploit development class.' Andreas Lindh

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Greetz from academe: Full frontal

In the latest of his ‘Greetz from Academe’ series, highlighting some of the work going on in academic circles, John Aycock looks at a piece of research that reveals an anti-virus design vulnerability that leaves several of the major anti-virus…

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Law minister is former spammer

Indian government minister has a history of spamming, according to researcher.

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Salted algorithm - part 1

Sality has been around for many years, yet it is still one of today’s most prevalent pieces of malware. In this two-part article, Raul Alvarez takes a close look at a variant of Sality that not only infects executables but also has some trojan-like…

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Inside W32.Xpaj.B’s infection – part 1

Xpaj.B is one of the most complex and sophisticated file infectors in the world. It is difficult to detect, disinfect and analyse. In a two-part article, Liang Yuan provides a deep analysis of its infection.

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The AV industry in the post-Snowden era

Fabio Assolini (Kaspersky Lab)

‘We should expect to see governments creating their own anti-malware products’ Fabio Assolini.

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Greetz from academe: Ringing in the new

In the latest of his ‘Greetz from Academe’ series, highlighting some of the work going on in academic circles, John Aycock focuses on computer science surveys, looking in particular at one on binary code obfuscations in packer tools.

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Mariposa writer sentenced

Author of malware behind one of the world's largest botnets receives prison sentence.

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Warning wording analysed

Researchers study the psychology of malware warnings.

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Intel to remove McAfee

Rebranding will see McAfee name dropped from security products.

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