2008-03-01
Abstract
Home (page) renovations (comment); Pandex: the botnet that could (feature); Exepacker blacklisting part 3 (feature); Black Hat DC and CCC 24C3 (conference report); AVG Internet Security 8 (product review)
Comment
Home (page) renovations
'We often hear from VB conference delegates that the networking opportunities at the conference are as valuable to them as the presentations themselves.' Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin
News
Botherders herded
Botherder arrests, court appearances and convictions.
29A folds
Virus writers hang up their hats.
Malware prevalence report
January 2008
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.
Malware analysis
Pandex: the botnet that could
Pandex has attracted very little attention from the media and generated little discussion between malware researchers and among the general populace. Chandra Prakash and Adam Thomas provide an overview of the Pandex operation and take an in-depth look at the underlying code that has allowed this malware to evade detection for so long.
Feature
Exepacker blacklisting part 3
In the final part of the series on exepacker blacklisting, Robert Neumann takes a look at how all the processing and analysis techniques are put into practice in a real-life situation.
Conference report
Black Hat DC and CCC 24C3
Morton Swimmer reports on two security conferences of the more hands-on nature: the 24th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany, and Black Hat DC in Washington, DC, USA.
Product review
AVG Internet Security 8
John Hawes gets his hands on a preview version of the latest offering from AVG - AVG Internet Security 8.
Calendar
Anti-malware industry events
Must-attend events in the anti-malware industry - dates, locations and further details.
Spam Bulletin
Spam Bulletin - March 2008
Anti-spam news; How inbound traffic control improves spam filtering (feature)
Poll
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