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An indispensable source of reference for anyone concerned with computer security, the Bulletin is the forum through which leading security researchers publish the latest security research and information in a bid to share knowledge with the security community. Publications cover the latest threats, new developments and techniques in the security landscape, opinions from respected members of the industry, and more. The Bulletin archives offer informative articles going back to 1989. Our editorial team is happy to hear from anyone interested in submitting a paper for publication.

Season's greetings

Happy holidays from the VB team.

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VB announces ‘VBWeb’ certification tests for web security products

VB will soon be running regular comparative tests of web security products.

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Six flags over Texas

The last week of September saw a sizeable portion of the world's anti-malware experts decamp to Dallas. Helen Martin reports on the 22nd Virus Bulletin International Conference.

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Is our viruses learning?

It’s rare to see a virus advertised as demonstrating machine learning in any form, but W32/Grimgribber does just that. Peter Ferrie has the details.

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Ramnit bot

First discovered in around April 2010, Ramnit is now not only a file infector that infects Windows Portable Executable files (.exe, .scr and .dll files) and HTML documents, but also a multi-component bot. Chao Chen takes a deep dive into Ramnit,…

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Tracking the 2012 Sasfis campaign

Micky Pun (Fortinet)

Micky Pun unveils all the important nuts and bolts of the latest instalment of the Sasfis botnet by analysing its packers, core payloads and botnet operations.

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Dissecting Winlocker – ransomware goes centralized

Winlocker, aka Gimemo, has revolutionized the design of ransomware - all the infected machines are controlled centrally using two C&C panels. Aditya Sood and colleagues discuss the design and behaviour of the Winlocker ransomware.

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The cost of being scared safe

Stephen Cobb (ESET)

‘The throttling effect of fear on consumer uptake of online shopping and banking is certainly real.' Stephen Cobb, ESET.

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Hacker forums provide clues to likely attack techniques

Much to be learned from monitoring hacker forums.

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ZeroAccess infects 2.2 million

2.2 million home networks infected with ZeroAccess worldwide.

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