Virus Bulletin issue archive
The Bulletin is an indispensable source of reference for anyone concerned with the prevention, detection and removal of computer threats, including but not limited to malware and spam.
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Virus Bulletin - December 2013
Surveillance and servility: is the AV industry a puppet of statecraft? (comment); In memoriam: Péter Ször 1970-2013 (obituary); Onkod: a downloader and its 'downloadee' (malware analysis); Fake KakaoTalk security plug-in (malware analysis); Hands in the cookie JAR (malware analysis); The past and future of international cooperation (commentary); Greetz from academe: Santa's got a gun (spotlight); EICAR 2013: Data protection < > data security? (conference report)
Virus Bulletin - November 2013
Perhaps email is broken after all (comment); VB2013: Berlin time (conference report); Another tussle with Tussie (malware analysis); Neurevt bot analysis (malware analysis); When ZAccess becomes a debugger (malware analysis); The murky waters of the Internet: anatomy of malvertising and other e-threats (feature); Greetz from academe: monkey vs. Python (spotlight)
Virus Bulletin - October 2013
Have NSA leaks given us our cyber-Chernobyl? (comment); Doin' the eagle rock... again! (malware analysis); Same Zeus, different features (malware analysis); Inside an iframe injector: a look into NiFramer (malware analysis); In search of a secure operating system (feature); Greetz from academe: counting Jedis (spotlight); VB100 comparative review on Windows 2008 Server R2 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - September 2013
Is cybersecurity by fiat DOA? (comment); Styx exploit pack: insidious design analysis (malware analysis); Fans like Pro, too (malware analysis); Nedsym spamming (feature); Greetz from academe: On motivation (spotlight); VBSpam comparative review September 2013 (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - August 2013
The dying art of computer viruses (comment); Andromeda 2.7 features (malware analysis); The ZeroAccess money-generating campaign (malware analysis); The clean theory (feature); BadNews reveals ongoing challenges in the Android marketplace (feature); Greetz from academe: masters of their own domains (spotlight); VB100 comparative review on Windows 7 Professional (comparative review)
Virus Bulletin - July 2013
On the cusp of evolutionary change (comment); Alipime makes a comeback with Fujacks.CB (malware analysis); Not drowning, WAV-ing (malware analysis); Who's bad? NgrBot or SkyBot? (malware analysis); Unlocking LockScreen (malware analysis); Apktool set-up for Android lab (tutorial); Greetz from academe: ethical quandaries (spotlight); July 2013 VBSpam comparative review (comparative review)
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); VB100 comparative review on Windows Server 2012 (comparative review)
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)
