Category: blog
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“Cybersecurity is, at its core, a people problem,” says VB2016 keynote speaker
Christine Whalley is the director of governance and IT risk management at Pfizer , the American global pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York City. Not only does Christine possess a wealth of experience in managing IT risk and governance, she is also a keen educator. Christine has been hand-picked by the Virus Bulletin team to…
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Throwback Thursday: Following the Breadcrumbs
In just under two weeks’ time, Christine Whalley, Director of Information Security at Pfizer , will deliver the opening keynote address at VB2016 in Denver. Christine is no stranger to VB though, and looking back through the archives we spotted an article she wrote in 1999, in which she performed a corporate case study to…
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Throwback Thursday: Following the Breadcrumbs
In just under two weeks’ time, Christine Whalley, Director of Information Security at Pfizer , will deliver the opening keynote address at VB2016 in Denver. Christine is no stranger to VB though, and looking back through the archives we spotted an article she wrote in 1999, in which she performed a corporate case study to…
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VB2016 preview: Cryptography mistakes in malware
“Don’t roll your own crypto”, software developers are often told: cryptography is hard and thus it is always safer to use a well-tested public library rather than writing your own implementation. Not everyone heeds that advice though, and among those not listening are the developers of various malware families. In a paper to be presented…
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VB2016 preview: Cryptography mistakes in malware
“Don’t roll your own crypto”, software developers are often told: cryptography is hard and thus it is always safer to use a well-tested public library rather than writing your own implementation. Not everyone heeds that advice though, and among those not listening are the developers of various malware families. In a paper to be presented…
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GPS technology is more at risk from cyber attack than ever before, security expert demonstrates at VB2016
An interview with VB2016 presenter Oleg Petrovsky of HPE Security research. Meeting Oleg Petrovsky, a senior anti-malware researcher at HPE Security research, is an experience. This tall, softly spoken fellow, now based in New York State, has a bright and unforgiving curiosity. Oleg’s keenness of mind shines throughout his VB2016 paper . This is a…
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GPS technology is more at risk from cyber attack than ever before, security expert demonstrates at VB2016
An interview with VB2016 presenter Oleg Petrovsky of HPE Security research. Meeting Oleg Petrovsky, a senior anti-malware researcher at HPE Security research, is an experience. This tall, softly spoken fellow, now based in New York State, has a bright and unforgiving curiosity. Oleg’s keenness of mind shines throughout his VB2016 paper . This is a…
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BSides Denver: Join and Support the Security Community
I sometimes catch myself talking about “the security industry” and then quickly correct myself to say “the security community”. For, despite the presence of big businesses and lots of money, there remains a strong community feeling in the world of security. This is certainly true for the VB conference, which despite having grown over the…
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VB2016 ‘Last-Minute’ Papers Announced
With a little over three weeks to go until VB2016 , the conference programme is almost complete. We have a great selection of talks on the main programme, half a dozen Small Talks that we hope will lead to interesting discussions among participants, and a closing keynote from Morgan Marquis-Boire , the hacker, security researcher…
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BSides Denver: Join and Support the Security Community
I sometimes catch myself talking about “the security industry” and then quickly correct myself to say “the security community”. For, despite the presence of big businesses and lots of money, there remains a strong community feeling in the world of security. This is certainly true for the VB conference, which despite having grown over the…