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The May issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to download. The May 2006 issue of Virus Bulletin is now available for subscribers to browse online or download in PDF format. Just a few of the things this month’s issue has in store are: Local issues : Kaoru Hayashi explains some of the…

OECD issues ‘Recommendation on Cross-Border Cooperation in the Enforcement of Laws against Spam’. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has called on governments and industry across the world to step up their coordination to combat the global problem of spam. A new set of recommendations issued by the OECD last month calls for…

Attempt to gain better understanding of the costs of computer security incidents. Businesses in the US have been urged to complete a survey issued jointly by the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. The aim of the survey is to gain a better understanding of the costs of computer security incidents. The survey, which…

New species of phish spotted. A new variety of phishing scam was spotted last month: VoIP phishing. Instead of coercing victims into entering their confidential details on a fake website as ‘traditional’ phishing scams do, the new type of attack cons victims into providing their information on a fake customer support number. To date, however,…

Organizers of the 2006 Spam Conference encourage you to get reading. Papers and slides from the 2006 Spam Conference held at the end of March are now available online. The organizers recommend that the papers are downloaded, burned to a CD-ROM and even suggest that you deposit a copy in your local academic library. Webcasts…

There are currently no job vacancies at Virus Bulletin. Posted on 8 June 2006 by Virus Bulletin

The VB2006 conference programme is now available. VB has revealed the conference programme for VB2006, the 16th Virus Bulletin International Conference. The three-day conference programme boasts an exceptional line-up of international anti-malware and anti-spam speakers, and caters for both technical and corporate audiences. More than 40 presentations cover subjects including: education, forensics, automated analysis, botnets,…

AVG developer acquires Ewido Networks. Anti-Virus vendor Grisoft has announced the acquisition of German anti-malware firm Ewido Networks. Although one of the smaller players in the AV industry, Grisoft’s product AVG has proved popular with consumers. The company claims to be one of the fastest growing in the industry, with more than 30 million users…

Trojan peddlers get their comeuppance. An Israeli couple who ran a private investigation service have been handed jail sentences and a $426,000 fine after pleading guilty to developing and selling a trojan which they used to spy on their competitors. According to investigators, the couple not only used trojans to spy on their own business…

Digital life form. Researchers in the US have constructed a virtual version of the satellite tobacco mosaic virus using more than a million ‘digital atoms’. The researchers used one of the world’s largest and fastest computers to simulate all the atoms in the virus and a small drop of water surrounding it. Because of the…