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Peter Ferrie likens W32/Satevis to a viral version of a mix tape - a virus that is essentially made up of a collection of routines taken from other viruses.
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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 moreMicrosoft Security Essentials, the long-awaited replacement for the Windows Live OneCare package, is finally with us. VB's test team put Microsoft's new free home-user package through its paces, declaring it to be pretty decent overall.
Read moreJosh Attenberg and colleagues describe the hashing trick as an effective method for collaborative spam filtering.
Read moreKen Dunham (iSIGHT Partners)
'Social engineering threats are a notable concern for mobile device users and are always escalated during the holiday period.' Ken Dunham, iSIGHT Partners.
Read moreIn this three-part series Florent Marceau studies the use and advantages of full virtualization in the security field. Following an introduction to full virtualization in part one, this part looks at the limitations of the technology.
Read moreAlisa Shevchenko and Dmitry Oleksiuk decided to find out whether anti-virus software has learned to cope successfully with Mebroot and MBR infectors in general a few years after the first appearance of this type of malware.
Read moreNigerian government clamps down on advance fee fraud.
Read moreSocial networking giant awarded damages against Sanford Wallace.
Read moreW32/Zekneol appears to be a complicated virus, but in his full analysis Peter Ferrie shows that looks can be deceiving.
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