Fighting malware and spam

November issue of VB published

The November issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.

The November 2007 issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to browse online or download in PDF format.

Some of the things this month's issue has in store are:

• Search engines in research and vulnerability assessment: 'Search engines are free, powerful and efficient tools that can be used to find vulnerabilities and hacked sites on the web, and even in your own organization.' Alex Eckelberry, Sunbelt Software.

• Spam from the kernel: Trojan.Srizbi is the first example seen in the wild of a complex piece of malware that operates fully from kernel mode. Kimmo Kasslin and Elia Florio provide a detailed analysis.

• Anonymous proxies - the threat to corporate security: The popularity of anonymous proxies is rising rapidly, as is the number of sites offering anonymous proxy services, but what impact do they have on corporate security? Rony Michaely explains the risks.

• Malware storms - a global climate change: Pierre-Marc Bureau and Andrew Lee examine the evolution of W32/Nuwar, the 'Storm worm', from its rather humble beginnings as a minor malware threat into one of the most bleeding-edge malware technologies currently affecting systems across the globe.

• Birds of a feather...: Martin Overton reports on The AVIEN Malware Defense Guide - and suggests you find a space for it in your bookshelf.

• ESET Smart Security: John Hawes was given the chance to take a look at ESET Smart Security just days before its official release - and found a product which promises to be formidable competition for the range of security suites already on the market.

• Evading SpamAssassin with obfuscated text images: Battista Biggio and colleagues assess the performance of popular open source spam filter SpamAssassin against image spam with obfuscated text.

Subscribers click here to access the issue.

If you are not already a subscriber why not take the chance to subscribe now.

01 November 2007

Tags: magazine, virus bulletin.    del.icio.us   digg this

Poll

VB2009