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Win32/Unruy.AD conceals its code at a low level and infects the Master Boot Record so that it will be loaded before the operating system (and any security solutions installed by the user) have a chance to kick in. Robert Lipovský and Peter Hlavatý…
Read morePaul Baccas (Sophos)
VB usually reserves book reviews for factual books dedicated to the subject of information security. This month, however, we break away from tradition to review a piece of fiction written by renowned Windows systems internals expert and Microsoft…
Read moreFree anti-virus continues to be all the rage, with more and more firms jumping on the bandwagon. John Hawes takes a look at one of the latest offerings: the free version of Agnitum’s Outpost Security Suite, and finds that you can get quite a lot for…
Read more‘... with the facts laid bare, the cross-border cyber enforcement issues between nations will be discussed differently.' Wout de Natris, De Natris Consult
Read moreThe Flibi virus demonstrated that a virus can carry its own ‘genetic code’, and if the building blocks of that code are mutated in some way, then interesting behaviours can arise. In this article Peter Ferrie demonstrates how some of Flibi's…
Read moreMartijn Grooten (Virus Bulletin)
Hackers gain access to server providing DNS for legitimate domains.
Read moreJeannette Jarvis presents a round-up of the 20th annual RSA Conference.
Read moreKyle Yang (Fortinet)
Axelle Apvrille (Fortinet)
Until recently, malware on mobile devices had not been used for organized crime involving large amounts of money. This changed when the infamous Zeus gang, known for targeting online banking, started to show a clear interest in infecting mobile…
Read more‘...the outlook is alarming when you consider the browser’s local prevalence in China, which peaks at 34.5%.' Gabor Szappanos, VirusBuster
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