Virus Bulletin - July 2007

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

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

2007-07-01

Abstract

The wild WildList (comment); Lions and Tigraas (virus analysis); Vilo: a shield in the malware variation battle (feature); HaTeMaiL email! (feature); Avira Premium Security Suite (product review)


Comment

The wild WildList

'The WildList is more pertinent than ever - particularly given today's threat landscape.' Mary Landesman, About.com.

Mary Landesman - About.com, USA


News

Advance diary dates: VB announces VB2008

Reserve the dates now!



Pity poor MS Security workers

MS Security rated 6th worst job in science.



Challenge Blue Pill

Researcher challenged to prove 100% undetectable rootkit claim.



Malware prevalence report

May 2007

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

Lions and tigraas

Peter Ferrie describes TIOS/Tigraa, a virus that runs on Texas Instruments calculators.

Peter Ferrie - Symantec Security Response, USA


Features

Vilo: a shield in the malware variation battle

Michael Venable and colleagues explain how program-matching techniques can help in triage, in-depth malware analysis and signature generation.

Michael Venable - University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA


HaTeMaiL email!

Martin Overton explains why he thinks HTML email is inherently bad.

Martin Overton - Independent researcher, UK


Product review

Product review: Avira Premium Security Suite

John Hawes takes a detailed look at Avira's home-user internet security setup.

John Hawes - Virus Bulletin, UK


Calendar

Anti-malware industry events

Must-attend events in the anti-malware industry - dates, locations and further details.



Spam Bulletin

Spam Bulletin - July 2007

Anti-spam news; EU Spam Symposium (conference report); France's anti-spam database (feature)




Poll

How are your spam levels compared to two months ago?
Significantly higher
More or less the same
Significantly lower
I don't know

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