March issue of VB published
The March issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download.
The March 2009 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:
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Weathering the storm:
'[There is] an indication that IT security budgets are being prioritized even while other business areas
are seeing cuts.' Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin
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Anti-unpacker tricks - part four:
New 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 article concentrates on anti-debugging tricks that target the
Syser debugger.
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Confounded Conficker:
For the last couple of months the worm known as Conficker.B (aka Downadup) has been causing havoc and
keeping IT administrators awake at night.
Vincent Tiu provides some details about this interesting piece of malware.
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Never mind having fun: are we safe yet?:
David Harley reviews Michael Miller's 'Is it safe?' and finds a book that's largely accurate and
well written - a relative rarity for a book on computer security.
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Rising Internet Security 2009:
Rising is one of China's most venerable security firms, having produced its first anti-virus products as
long ago as 1991. As the company begins to build a presence outside its home territory, John Hawes takes
a detailed look at flagship product Rising Internet Security.
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Is there any hope for e-postage?:
If the senders of email had to pay a small amount for each message sent, wouldn't it diminish the spam
problem? Unfortunately, we will never find out - John Levine explains why e-postage won't work.
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Anti-spam test - first trial run:
Martijn Grooten reports on Virus Bulletin's first comparative anti-spam test.
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02 March 2009
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