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Anti-unpacker tricks – part eleven

Last year, a series of articles described some tricks that might become common in the future, along with some countermeasures. Now, the series continues with a look at tricks that are specific to debuggers and emulators.

Apple pie order?

David Harley (ESET)

‘Over 40% [of computer users] think [that Macs are] only “somewhat” vulnerable.’ David Harley, ESET

VB100 – Windows Vista Business Edition Service Pack 2

With another epic haul of 54 products to test this month, the VB test team could have done without the bad behaviour of a number of products: terrible product design, lack of accountability for activities, blatant false alarms in major software,…

VB Seminar

VB unveils one-day seminar in central London, November 2010.

All change

Yet another flurry of security acquisitions.

HTML structure-based proactive phishing detection

Marius Tibeica describes a solution for protection at browser level by providing an automated method of detecting phishing based on the tag structure of the HTML.

What’s the deal with sender authentication? Part 3

Terry Zink (Microsoft)

Sender authentication is a hot topic in the world of email. It has a number of uses and a number of suggested uses. Which ones work in real life? Which ones don’t quite measure up? Can we use authentication to mitigate spoofing? Can we use it to…

Russian malware bounces back

Malware originating from Russia is on the increase again.

Cybercrime case studies used to educate businesses

Autralian anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing regulator uses case studies to educate businesses about potential risks.

What’s the deal with sender authentication? Part 2

Terry Zink (Microsoft)

Sender authentication is a hot topic in the world of email. It has a number of uses and a number of suggested uses. Which ones work in real life? Which ones don’t quite measure up? Can we use authentication to mitigate spoofing? Can we use it to…