The dawn of the ‘rogue AV testers’

‘Some of the new testing labs that have appeared recently mimic the tactics of rogue AV products.’ Costin Raiu, Kaspersky Lab

Sex outnumbered

Study reveals legitimate sites serving malware far outnumber infected adult websites.

Russian malware bounces back

Malware originating from Russia is on the increase again.

Cybercrime case studies used to educate businesses

Autralian anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing regulator uses case studies to educate businesses about potential risks.

May 2010

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.

Hacking Koobface

The Koobface web server component has vulnerabilities that are remotely exploitable. Joey Costoya discusses the vulnerabilities, and explores the possibility of taking over the Koobface botnet.

Anti-unpacker tricks – part ten

Last year, a series of articles described some tricks that might become common in the future, along with some countermeasures. Now, the series continues with a look at tricks that are specific to debuggers and emulators.

The Indian subcontinent: part II

In 1997, Virus Bulletin published an overview of virus activity in the Indian subcontinent. The piece ended with a series of predictions. Andrew Lee now picks up where that article left off and examines where the predictions were borne out, and where they failed to meet reality.

What’s the deal with sender authentication? Part 2

Sender authentication is a hot topic in the world of email. It has a number of uses and a number of suggested uses. Which ones work in real life? Which ones don’t quite measure up? Can we use authentication to mitigate spoofing? Can we use it to guarantee authenticity? And how do we authenticate email, anyway? Terry Zink provides the answers to these questions and more, this month focusing on SPF.

PC Tools Internet Security 2010

Virus Bulletin's lab team take a detailed look at the PC Tools Interenet Security suite and find a solid product, covering the necessary bases thoroughly.

VBSpam comparative review

With 23 full anti-spam solutions on the test bench, this month’s VBSpam comparative review is the largest to date, with a record 22 product achieving certification. Martijn Grooten has the details.

VBSpam erratum

Careful investigation of the results of the VBSpam comparative review brought to light some errors in the calculation of the figures. The revised figures are shown here.

Anti-malware industry events

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