Virus Bulletin issue archive
Since 1989, Virus Bulletin has been dedicated to providing PC users with a regular source of uninfluenced, unbiased, independent intelligence about computer malware, its prevention, detection and removal, and how to recover programs and data following an attack. The aim of the magazine is to arm users with all the information they need to stay current with the latest developments in the anti-malware field.
Virus Bulletin - June 2013
Password sweepstakes (comment);
Chat-and-paste (malware analysis);
MultiPlatform Madness! (malware analysis);
Greetz from academe: Content-Agnostic Malware Protection (spotlight);
Java: setting security manager to null (feature);
Bitcoin mining: investing in the future of the underground market (feature)
Virus Bulletin - May 2013
Botnets of the mind (comment);
Read the Transcript (malware analysis);
A good look at the Andromeda botnet (malware analysis);
Persistency in the wild (malware analysis);
Cat-and-mouse game in CVE2012-0158 (technical feature);
VBSpam comparative review May 2013 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - April 2013
Java security in the era of BYOD (comment);
Ogee whiz (malware analysis);
A deeper look into the ZeroAccess clickbot (malware analysis);
Pushdo's new second generation (malware analysis);
Shellcoding ARM: part 3 (tutorial);
Phishing and fraud: the make-believe industry (feature);
VB100 comparative review on Windows XP Professional SP3 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - March 2013
Yesterday's solutions to today's problems (comment);
The evolution of Zortob (malware analysis);
It's mental static! (malware analysis);
What are browser exploit kits up to? A look into Sweet Orange and ProPack (feature);
Shellcoding ARM: part 2 (tutorial); March 2013 VBSpam comparative review (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - February 2013
Targeted attacks: what's in store? (comment);
A(C)ES high (malware analysis);
Please help! (malware analysis);
Techniques for evading automated analysis (feature);
Anti-virus: last rites, or rites of passage? (commentary);
Breaking down barriers for cybersecurity: where's the first-mover advantage? (commentary);
VB100 comparative review on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - January 2013
Ransomware for fun and profit (comment);
Talk to you later (malware analysis);
Surf's up (malware analysis); Shellcoding ARM (tutorial); Writing a static unpacker for XPXAXCXK (feature);
A change in the toolkit/exploit kit landscape (feature)
Virus Bulletin - December 2012
BYOD and the mobile security maturity model (comment);
New tricks ship with Zeus packer (malware analysis);
Compromised library (malware analysis); A journey into the Sirefef packer: a research case study (feature);
Part 2: Interaction with a black hole (feature); VB100 comparative on Windows 8 Pro (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - November 2012
The cost of being scared safe (comment); Six flags over Texas (conference report);
Is our viruses learning? (malware analysis); Ramnit bot (malware analysis);
Dissecting Winlocker - ransomware goes centralized (malware analysis); Tracking the 2012 Sasfis campaign (feature);
November 2012 VBSpam comparative review (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - October 2012
Is AV the old dog? (comment); Cridex botnet preview (malware analysis);
Filename: BUGGY.COD.E (malware analysis); Inside a Black Hole: Part 1 (feature);
Code injection via return-oriented programming (feature); Unpacking x64 PE+ binaries part 3: IDA, graphs and binary
instrumentation (tutorial); Trojan Horse (book review); Operation Desolation (book review)
Virus Bulletin - September 2012
Threat prevalence: your breach will have to wait (comment);
'Lahf'ing all the way (malware analysis);
URLZone reloaded: new evolution (malware analysis);
Pinterest scams - under the hood (feature);
A global treaty on online threats (or the challenges of
(inter)national cooperation) (feature); Unpacking x64 PE+ binaries part 2: using WinDbg (tutorial)
Virus Bulletin - August 2012
IP addresses and privacy-sensitive data: a different point of view (comment);
ZAccess detailed analysis (malware analysis);
Inside the ICE IX bot, descendent of Zeus (malware analysis);
Tussling with Tussie (malware analysis);
Garbage collection (feature)
Virus Bulletin - July 2012
Where should security reside? (comment);
Noteven close (malware analysis);
Tiny modularity (malware analysis);
Malicious PDFs served by exploit kits (feature);
Unpacking x64 PE+ binaries: introduction part 1
(tutorial);
Quick reference for manual unpacking II (tutorial)
Virus Bulletin - June 2012
Botnets in the browser (comment);
So, enter stage right (malware analysis);
Andromeda botnet (malware analysis);
Automatically detecting spam at the cloud level using text fingerprints (technical feature);
Malware design strategies for circumventing detection and prevention controls - part two
(technical feature);
Understanding the domains involved in malicious activity on
Facebook (technical feature); EICAR 2012 (conference report)
