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August issue of VB published

The August 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:

• The secret life of old malware: 'It may even come to pass that an entire class of malware gets forgotten because they are rarely heard of any longer.' Kurt Wismer.

• 'Yet another Rustock analysis': Lukasz Kwiatek and Stanislaw Litawa take a detailed look at Rustock.C.

• The case for AV for Linux: Linux/Rst-B: A high prevalence of Linux/Rst-B seen recently on hacked Linux boxes is not due to ingenious spreading mechanisms or Linux users swapping binaries, but due to a proliferation of infected hacking tools. Billy McCourt has the details of this real, in-the-wild Linux threat.

• Improving heuristics: Heuristic detection can provide valuable assistance to help security analysts in achieving zero-day malware detection. Newaz Rafiq and Yida Mao discuss a novel heuristic detection technique with a high level of accuracy and a high level of adaptability to meet the challenge of new malware.

• VB100 review on Windows XP SP3: With a new set of samples to measure detection against, a new platform on new hardware and a selection of new products in the mix, John Hawes had his work cut out in this comparative review on Windows XP SP3.

• Evading CAPTCHA: Martin Overton looks at the use of CAPTCHAs in web security and at how cybercriminals are making increasing attempts to evade them.

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01 August 2008

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