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CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2010

The VB test team took a closer look at CA's latest product for the home market. John Hawes has the details.

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BackDoor.Tdss.565 and its modifications (aka TDL3)

New BackDoor.Tdss rootkits are sophisticated pieces of malware. Alexey Tkachenko and Artem Baranov detail the BackDoor.Tdss.565 rootkit - which presented surprises within minutes of the start of its analysis.

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Why flash web pages are like collateralized debt obligations

‘We're wasting more time than ever dealing with malware that is more hostile than ever.’ John Levine, Taughannock Networks.

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Doin’ the eagle rock

If a file contains no code, can it be executed? Can arithmetic operations be malicious? In W32/Lerock we have a file that contains no code, and no data in any meaningful sense. All it contains is a block of relocation items. Peter Ferrie untangles…

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Memory analysis - examples

Ken Dunham (iSIGHT Partners)

Following last month's introduction to memory analysis, Ken Dunham walks through the process using Haxdoor as an example.

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HMRC addresses security

Security to be prioritized to prevent future data losses.

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Microsoft tackles Waledac

Software giant wins court order to take down botnet command and control centres.

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Mcafee growth plan unveiled

Three to four acquisitions planned per year.

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Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

After the last mammoth VB100 test on Windows 7, this month sees a smaller field of competitors for the less well supported Linux platform. John Hawes reports on a mixed bag of results.

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Cut the Cutwail

Kyle Yang (Fortinet)

After playing the cat-and-mouse game with AV companies for several months, the author(s) of Pushdo/Cutwail finally decided to change their advanced installer, in doing so changing the communication mechanism between the servers and bots. Kyle Yang…

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