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VB2018 call for papers now open!
The call for papers for VB2018 , the 28th Virus Bulletin International Conference, which will take place in Montreal, Canada, 3-5 October 2018, is now open! We welcome submissions on all aspects of digital security, from the very technical to the more general, whether you are an experienced speaker or a first-time presenter, and whether…
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Book review: Serious Cryptography
This year, Alice and Bob will have been exchanging messages for 40 years. In terms of their contribution to cryptography, they have been almost as important as that other invention of their creators Rivest, Shamir and Alderman: the RSA cryptosystem. Alice and Bob have helped a great many people understand the basics of what is…
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Book review: Serious Cryptography
This year, Alice and Bob will have been exchanging messages for 40 years. In terms of their contribution to cryptography, they have been almost as important as that other invention of their creators Rivest, Shamir and Alderman: the RSA cryptosystem. Alice and Bob have helped a great many people understand the basics of what is…
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Necurs pump-and-dump spam campaign pushes obscure cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies have attracted the attention of cybercriminals for many years: as a relatively anonymous payment channel, as a target of their digital theft, and as a way to turn (temporarily) compromised systems into money-generating machines. Given the recent increases in the value of many such cryptocurrencies, it is not surprising to see them being promoted…
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Necurs pump-and-dump spam campaign pushes obscure cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies have attracted the attention of cybercriminals for many years: as a relatively anonymous payment channel, as a target of their digital theft, and as a way to turn (temporarily) compromised systems into money-generating machines. Given the recent increases in the value of many such cryptocurrencies, it is not surprising to see them being promoted…
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Alleged author of creepy FruitFly macOS malware arrested
It is almost a year since the mysterious FruitFly malware for macOS was discovered . Malware targeting macOS is still uncommon enough to be newsworthy, but FruitFly seemed particularly interesting: its spying capabilities, combined with the fact that it had managed to stay under the radar for many years, led many to postulate that it…
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Alleged author of creepy FruitFly macOS malware arrested
It is almost a year since the mysterious FruitFly malware for macOS was discovered . Malware targeting macOS is still uncommon enough to be newsworthy, but FruitFly seemed particularly interesting: its spying capabilities, combined with the fact that it had managed to stay under the radar for many years, led many to postulate that it…
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The threat and security product landscape in 2017
Like many security firms, Virus Bulletin takes the opportunity of the start of the new year to look back at the threats seen over the last 12 months. In a report we publish today, we focus on ‘opportunistic’ attacks: the large-scale attacks that don’t focus on a particular target and that often aren’t particularly advanced,…
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The threat and security product landscape in 2017
Like many security firms, Virus Bulletin takes the opportunity of the start of the new year to look back at the threats seen over the last 12 months. In a report we publish today, we focus on ‘opportunistic’ attacks: the large-scale attacks that don’t focus on a particular target and that often aren’t particularly advanced,…
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Spamhaus report shows many botnet controllers look a lot like legitimate servers
Of all the annual security reports and blog posts that look back at the previous year, that of Spamhaus is one I particularly look forward to, as it always comes with good and interesting data. Though The Spamhaus Project is probably best known for its blacklists that are widely used for filtering spam, its researchers…
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