Problems for AV vendors: some thoughts

'I see drowning in new malware as one of the main issues facing the AV industry today.’ Eugene Kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab.

More updating woes

Another troublesome month for security vendors.

Spy couple sentenced

Trojan peddlers get their comeuppance.

'Real' computer virus

Digital life form.

February 2006

The Virus Bulletin prevalence table is compiled monthly from virus reports received by Virus Bulletin; both directly, and from other companies who pass on their statistics.

A small step for Mac OS X

Glyn Kennington has the details of OSX/Leap-A.

Not a feeble attempt

Viktor Johasz details Worm.Feebs.AF.

Stories from the DRM world: the Settec case

Months after Sony got into trouble for using rootkit functionality in the DRM protection of audio media, the word 'rootkit' is still hitting the headlines. This time the trouble comes in the form of DVD movies containing DRM software from Settec. Elia Florio has the details.

VB Comparative: Red Hat Linux 9 - April 2006

The main competition amongst products this month seemed to be as to which could have the least useful documentation – find out which products redeemed themselves by achieving a VB 100%.

Spam Bulletin - April 2006

This month's anti-spam news and Sorin Mustaca takes an indepth look at PayPal phishing.