Education, education, education

‘In the fight against cybercrime knowledge can be a very powerful weapon.' Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin.

Standalone comparatives

New publication schedule for VB100 and VBSpam comparative reviews.

Apple adds daily definition checks

Max OS X 10.6 users get daily definition checks with latest security update.

Mobile insecurity

Report reveals lax security when it comes to hte use of mobile devices in the workplace.

April 2011

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.

Digging through the problem of IPv6 and email

'Under IPv6, spammers could send out one piece of spam per IPv6 address, discard it and then move on to the next address for the next 10,000 years and never need to re-use a previous address.' Terry Zink explains why mail providers are not thrilled about using IPv6 to handle email.

A browser malware taxonomy

Aditya Sood and Richard Enbody propose a taxonomy of browser malware with the aim to provide a better insight into the techniques and tactics used.

New targeted attack via Google Images

A new method of targeted attack has recently been discovered in which the auto preview feature of Google Images is utilized to lure the user into downloading and purchasing fake AV applications. Robert X Wang has the details.

EICAR 2011: a 20th anniversary in Austria

Eddy Willems reports on some of the topics, debates and research presented at the EICAR 2011 conference.

VB100 Comparative review on Windows Server 2008 R2

This month's VB100 comparative review on Windows Server 2008 brought highs and lows for the VB test team - some excellent detection rates tempered by some unruly and uncooperative behaviour. John Hawes has all the details.

Anti-malware industry events

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