The secret life of old malware

'It may even come to pass that an entire class of malware gets forgotten because they are rarely heard of any longer.' Kurt Wismer.

VB2008 - call for last-minute papers

VB seeks last-minute technical papers for VB2008 in Ottawa.

Neosploit business wound up

Infection kit no longer profitable.

Security companies splash out

New acquisitions for Sophos and Aladdin.

June 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.

‘Yet another Rustock analysis ...’

Lukasz Kwiatek and Stanislaw Litawa take a detailed look at Rustock.C.

The case for AV for Linux: Linux/Rst-B

A high prevalence of Linux/Rst-B seen recently on hacked Linux boxes is not due to ingenious spreading mechanisms or Linux users swapping binaries, but due to a proliferation of infected hacking tools. Billy McCourt has the details of this real, in-the-wild Linux threat.

Improving heuristics

Heuristic detection can provide valuable assistance to help security analysts in achieving zero-day malware detection. Newaz Rafiq and Yida Mao discuss a novel heuristic detection technique with a high level of accuracy and a high level of adaptability to meet the challenge of new malware.

VB100 August 2008 - Windows XP Service Pack 3

With a new set of samples to measure detection against, a new platform on new hardware and a selection of new products in the mix, John Hawes had his work cut out in this comparative review on Windows XP SP3.

Anti-malware industry events

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

Spam Supplement - August 2008

Anti-spam news; Evading CAPTCHA (feature)