Virus Bulletin - September 2006

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

Consulting Editor: Ian Whalley, Nick FitzGerald, Richard Ford, Edward Wilding

2006-09-01

Abstract

Respecting the testing (comment); Gatt got your tongue? (virus analysis); Raising the bar: Rustock and advances in rootkits (rootkit analysis); The world of botnets (feature); War of the words (book review); I spy (book review); Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 (product review)

Comment

Respecting the testing

'Competition for good test results, and so for respect, trust and strong sales, feeds development and innovation.' John Hawes, Virus Bulletin, UK

John Hawes - Virus Bulletin, UK

News

Nearly VB 100%

Near misses.

Testing patience

Consumer Reports does it again.

Malware prevalence report

July 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.

Virus analysis

Gatt got your tongue?

One of the most popular tools for an anti-virus researcher is the Interactive Disassembler (IDA), and its IDC scripting language has become the latest target, thanks to W32/Gatt. Peter Ferrie has the details.

Peter Ferrie - Symantec, USA

Rootkit analysis

Raising the bar: Rustock and advances in rootkits

Recently a new type of rootkit was discovered in the wild and it is unique given the techniques it uses. Elia Florio and Prashant Pathak take an indepth look at Backdoor.Rustock.A.

Elia Florio - Symantec Security Response, Ireland & Prashant Pathak - Symantec Security Response, USA

Feature