Fighting malware and spam
2006-10-01
Abstract
DDoS: the rise from obscurity (comment); Chamber of horrors (analysis); AV testing SANS creation (opinion); Scanning embedded objects in Word XML files (feature); Windows 2000 Server (comparative review)
Comment
DDoS: the rise from obscurity
'The cost of a DDoS attack can be substantial – they can last hours, weeks and even months, and are capable of bringing unprotected organizations to a grinding halt.' Danny McPherson, Arbor Networks.
News
News round-up
September's goings on in the AV industry.
Malware prevalence report
August 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.
Analysis
Chamber of horrors
W32/Chamb is the first virus to infect compiled HTML (CHM) files parasitically. Peter Ferrie has the details.
Opinion
AV Testing SANS virus creation
David Harley writes to the director of research at the SANS Institute to express his concerns about Consumer Reports' AV testing methodology.
Feature
Scanning embedded objects in Word XML files
Christoph Alme looks at the embedding of arbitrary objects into Word 2003 XML files and shows why finding them and passing them onto the virus scanner is not such a 'walk in the park' as one might expect.
Comparative review
VB Comparative: Windows 2000 Server - October 2006
John Hawes serves up another VB comparative - this month, he puts 26 AV products through their paces on Windows 2000 Server and finds 18 of them worthy of a VB 100%.
Spam Bulletin
Spam Bulletin - October 2006
Anti-spam news; AISK - a different approach (feature)
Poll
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Malware Prevalence
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