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Mebroot - the MBR rootkit - is one of the most advanced and stealthiest malware seen to date. It operates in the lowest levels of the operating system, uses many undocumented tricks and relies heavily on unexported functions and global variables. In…
Read moreAndreas Marx (AV-TEST)
Maik Morgenstern (AV-TEST)
While it is easy for a good signature-driven product to find a known sample that has not yet been activated, thanks to rootkit technology it is becoming increasingly challenging for products to detect samples once they are running and trying to hide…
Read moreJose Nazario (Arbor Networks)
'We have tracked tens of thousands of DDoS attacks ... A subset of [them] appear to be politically motivated.’ Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks
Read moreJohn Hawes wipes the sweat from his brow after completing a comparative review of 40 anti-malware products for Vista. With polymorphic trip-ups, false positives and stability issues in the fray it proved to be a tough test for the products involved.
Read moreIncreasing number of legitimate sites hosting malware, compromised sites remaining infected for longer.
Read moreJohn Hawes gets his hands on a preview version of the latest offering from AVG - AVG Internet Security 8.
Read moreJonathan Zdziarski describes adaptive parsing - a technique that can be applied to a spam classifier’s parser to allow it to learn the most effective way to parse a corpus of mail.
Read moreMorton Swimmer reports on two security conferences of the more hands-on nature: the 24th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany, and Black Hat DC in Washington, DC, USA.
Read more'We often hear from VB conference delegates that the networking opportunities at the conference are as valuable to them as the presentations themselves.' Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin
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