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Social networking meets social engineering

'Just when we thought things couldn’t get any more volatile, along came social networking.' Jeff Aboud, In-Focus Marketing.

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Black Hat 2009 conference report

Andrew Lee reports from Caesar's Palace on the mammoth 15-track Black Hat conference.

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G Data Total Security 2010

VB's test team decided to test drive G Data's latest complete suite product and were thoroughly impressed with the breadth and quality of the product.

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How clean is clean?

'If ever there was an argument to be made against a whitelisting-only approach to security, this is it.' Roel Schouwenberg, Kaspersky Lab.

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Data tainting for malware analysis – part one

The increased use of virtualization technologies presents new angles for new types of attack. Florent Marceau presents a different view of this technical evolution in order to take advantage of full virtualization with the aim of helping malware…

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Heads or tails?

Peter Ferrie reports on a virus that uses an interesting variation on cavity infection.

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Anti-spam comparative review September 2009

Martijn Grooten (Virus Bulletin)

The latest round of VBSpam testing and certification sees an increase in the field of competitors for the third time in a row. This month, 12 products line up on the test bench. Martijn Grooten has the details.

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Reflections on CEAS 2009

Gordon Cormack describes the highlights of the sixth Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS 2009).

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Why is security (still) a Utopia?

'I hate FUD just as much as the next guy, but it did serve a purpose. People were more aware ... The sensational headlines kept up interest.' Per Hellqvist, Symantec.

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VB100 on Windows Vista Business Edition SP2 x32

This month VB's test team put 35 products through their paces on Windows Vista. After sifting through product freezes, crashes, hangs, logging difficulties and false positives, John Hawes reveals the full results.

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