Fighting malware and spam
2009-06-01
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Anti-spam news; Where is Waledac? (spambot case study)
News
Phisher gets 8.5 years
Phisher sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for phishing scams that netted him approximately $700,000.
Spambot case study
Where is Waledac?
Win32/Waledac is a trojan that is used to send spam. It also has the ability to download and execute arbitrary files, harvest email addresses from the local machine, perform denial of service attacks, proxy network traffic and sniff passwords. Scott Wu, Terry Zink and Scott Molenkamp take a detailed look at the spambot.
Calendar
Anti-malware industry events
Must-attend events in the anti-spam industry - dates, locations and further details.
Virus Bulletin
Virus Bulletin - June 2009
Malware without a name is still malware (comment); Anti-unpacker tricks - part seven (technical feature); CARO mio, AMTSO mon amour (conference report); EICAR 2009 in a nutshell: ich bin ein EICARer (conference report); VB100 on Windows Server 2003 (comparative review)
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As expected, the annual VB100 test on Windows XP was an epic. A higher than usual pass rate was tempered by numerous stability issues with the products under test, prompting the unveiling of a new stability rating system. John Hawes has all the details.
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