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David Harley (ESET)
Since its inception, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) has outlined its charter, held regular meetings, produced a range of standards documents and continues to work towards raising the overall standard of testing. However,…
Read moreVersion 4 of Alwil's hugely popular avast! has been around for more than six years, and the prospect of a major new release has brought growing levels of excitement and anticipation among the product’s huge legions of fans. The VB lab team got their…
Read moreCostin Raiu (Kaspersky Lab)
'There are now over 100 times more infected websites on the Internet than three years ago.' Costin Raiu, Kaspersky Lab.
Read morePeter Ferrie describes W32/Fooper, a virus that uses the FPU to magically transform a block of data in to executable code.
Read moreKen Dunham (iSIGHT Partners)
We have seen a notable escalation in web-based attacks over the past few years, especially with regard to malicious Flash files - which are capable of redirection, execution of embedded malicious code and exploitation via vulnerabilities. Here, Ken…
Read moreTerry Zink (Microsoft)
In October, thousands of usernames and passwords belonging to Hotmail users were posted publicly online, and anyone could have taken them, logged into the accounts and done something with them. Gmail and Yahoo! were also targeted. Terry Zink asks:…
Read more'Ignorance of the risks of cybercrime is what poses the greatest threat to the new generation of Internet citizens.' Jeff Debrosse, ESET.
Read moreWith a double whammy of a brand new platform and a record-breaking haul of 43 products to test, the VB test team had their work cut out this month. John Hawes has all the details of how the products fared on the shiny new Windows 7 platform.
Read moreJob offer for iPhone worm author; Apple doesn't see need for security apps.
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