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Is Android simply Windows all over again?

‘The industry seems to be surprised when old attacks are repurposed on new systems.’ Tim Armstrong, Kaspersky Lab

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Francophile phishers

Phishing is a global problem, but there are some geographic variances. Sebastien Goutal presents a study of the phishing attacks typically seen in France.

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Quick reference for manual unpacking

By packing their malicious executables, malware authors can be sure that when they are opened in a disassembler they will not show the correct sequence of instructions, thus making malware analysis a more lengthy and difficult process. Abhishek Singh…

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Pay and satisfaction increase in IT security

Survey shows rise in salary and overall job satisfaction for IT security workers.

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Academic excellence rewarded

UK intelligence agency recognizes eight centres of excellence in cyber security research.

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Zombifying targets using phishing campaigns

Aditya Sood and Richard Enbody analyse the details of the Google E-Card phishing campaign and its accompanying malicious binary to understand the propagation and distribution of the malware.

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‘Amfibee’-ous vehicle

There are already at least two known 32-bit and 64-bit cross-infectors for Windows, but W32/W64.Amfibee is the first 32/64-bit cross-infector for Windows that is almost entirely a single block of code. Peter Ferrie explains more.

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What is DMARC and should you care?

In early February, a new security project known as DMARC (Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) hit the headlines. The project involves some of the best known companies on the Internet and attempts to reduce email-based…

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DroidDream mobile malware

DroidDream is a fully fledged mobile bot once a mobile device is rooted, with the ability to install applications of choice, navigate to websites, add bookmarks to the browser, manipulate text and voice messages, and communicate with a remote command…

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NCSC: public-private cooperation is key

The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) was officially opened in January. Wout de Natris looks at how the Dutch government aims to achieve a safe, open and stable information society, with a focus on public-private cooperation.

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