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It’s not just graphic designers who can do interesting things with the Intel MMX instruction set. Virus writers are finding ways to (ab)use some of the instructions, too. Peter Ferrie has the details of W32/Svar.
Read moreDavid Harley (ESET)
‘Some security commentators suggest inventing answers to [security] questions rather than using real data.' David Harley.
Read moreIn 2004, the US Federal Trade Commission and the UK’s Office of Fair Trading organized a workshop in London in which 27 international organizations participated. They established an informal cooperation network: the London Action Plan (LAP). Wout de…
Read moreThe latest variants of IRC-based botnets, such as the NGR botnet, are designed to steal sensitive information by exploiting browser processes and acting as backdoors. Aditya Sood and colleagues discuss the framework of the NGR bot version 1.1.0.0,…
Read morePhilipp Wolf (Avira)
‘The ability to exchange URLs in real time is a particular advantage ... since malicious URLs are usually a time-critical issue.' Philipp Wolf
Read moreJapanese government to use virus for defensive purposes.
Read moreResearchers demonstrate tools that exploit recently discovered WPS vulnerability.
Read moreSome virus writers like to brag about themselves via their choice of virus name. It’s rare that the content justifies the bragging though. The author of W64/Svafa named the virus ‘Sigrún’, which is Old Norse for ‘victory rune’. However, there is…
Read moreTerry Zink (Microsoft)
2011 was filled with plenty of security stories involving spam, malware, hacking and more. Terry Zink picks out his top ten newsmakers.
Read moreThe Induc virus has been spreading successfully around the world since its first appearance in 2009, but back then it didn't contain a malicious payload. However, the latest variant contains a genuinely malicious payload and additional file-infecting…
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