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'[There is] an indication that IT security budgets are being prioritized even while other business areas are seeing cuts.’ Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin
Read moreFor the last couple of months the worm known as Conficker.B (aka Downadup) has been causing havoc and keeping IT administrators awake at night as well as receiving a lot of attention from AV researchers. Vincent Tiu provides some details about this…
Read moreRumblings of shady deals, bribery and underhand tactics in Chinese AV market.
Read moreMorton Swimmer (Trend Micro)
Upon leaving the 25th Chaos Communication Congress, Morton Swimmer concluded that 2009 is going to be a very interesting year – but not in a good way. Here he provides a full round up of the research presented at the event.
Read moreThis month sees the introduction of a new testing format to VB’s bi-monthly VB100 comparative review – RAP testing (Reactive And Proactive) will provide deeper insight into products' ability to keep up with the flood of new malware as well as their…
Read moreNew anti-unpacking tricks continue to be developed as the older ones are constantly being defeated. In this series of articles Peter Ferrie describes some tricks that might become common in the future, along with some countermeasures. This month's…
Read more'Do media players, Sat Navs, SD cards or external hard drives make legitimate use of AutoRun?' Roel Schouwenberg, Kaspersky Lab, USA.
Read moreThis month sees the VB100's annual visit to the Linux platform, as well as the introduction of a brand new set of tests that will provide deeper insight into products' ability to keep up with the flood of new malware as well as their proactive…
Read moreContractor accused of leaving malicious script as parting gift to US mortgage firm Fanny Mae.
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