Fighting malware and spam
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.
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.
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.
HaTeMaiL email!
Martin Overton explains why he thinks HTML email is inherently bad.
Product review
Product review: Avira Premium Security Suite
John Hawes takes a detailed look at Avira's home-user internet security setup.
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
Do you use the same password(s) across multiple websites?Leave a comment
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VB100 certification
This month VB's test team put 26 products to the test on
Windows Server 2008. John Hawes has the full results.
See full results.
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