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IT heavyweights combine forces to fight cyber crime

New security industry consortium formed.

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Liar, liar

Lies, damn lies and AV companies.

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The good, the bad and the blurring boundaries

'The reality is that the distinction between legitimate and malicious software is an ever blurring line.’ Greg Day, McAfee

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VB100 June 2008 - Ubuntu Linux 8.04LTS Server Edition

John Hawes dusts off his Linux skills for a comparative review of anti-malware products on the Ubuntu Server platform. Check out which of the 15 products were awarded VB100 status and which failed to make the grade.

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EICAR 2008, c’était merveilleux!

Eddy Willems provides a roundup of this year's EICAR conference in Laval, France.

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Metafile art class

Like its predecessor the Windows Metafile Format, the Enhanced Metafile Format has proven to be susceptible to misappropriation. Dennis Elser provides an in-depth description of a recent remotely exploitable file format vulnerability within the…

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AusCERT delegates get more than they bargained for

Red faces all round as infected USB sticks handed out.

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Could do better all round

EU information security body says European countries need to improve information security; annual report card shows US federal agencies don't all comply with security rules.

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Strike me down, and I shall become more powerful!

Aditya Kapoor (McAfee)

The rootkit that has been dubbed one of the stealthiest ever seen in the wild is back – with improved defences and new stealth code. Aditya Kapoor and Rachit Mathur look at recent developments in the MBR rootkit.

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System cleaning: getting rid of malware from infected PCs

Andreas Marx (AV-TEST)
Maik Morgenstern (AV-TEST)

Maik Morgenstern and Andreas Marx argue the importance of testing the system cleaning capabilities of anti-malware products and describe how it can be done.

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