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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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Tips on researching tech support scams
At one end of the attack spectrum there are attacks that cleverly exploit features of modern processors. At the other end, there are tech support scams that, through some basic social engineering, aim to convince the victim that their PC is infected (or even that their ‘IP address is spreading viruses’) and then charge a…
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Tips on researching tech support scams
At one end of the attack spectrum there are attacks that cleverly exploit features of modern processors. At the other end, there are tech support scams that, through some basic social engineering, aim to convince the victim that their PC is infected (or even that their ‘IP address is spreading viruses’) and then charge a…
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Conference review: AVAR 2017
The first week of December was packed with security conferences, and VB2017 speakers were busy presenting their research at no fewer than four different events: FIRST in Prague, Black Hat Europe in London, Botconf in Montpellier, and AVAR in Beijing. Security researchers were spoilt for choice, and while other members of the VB team headed…
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Conference review: Botconf 2017
Since its first edition in 2013 , the Virus Bulletin team have been big fans of Botconf , the botnet fighting conference held every year in France. This year, Virus Bulletin sent team members Adrian Luca and Ionuț Răileanu to the event, which took place in the Mediterranean city of Montpellier. There appears to have been…
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Conference review: AVAR 2017
The first week of December was packed with security conferences, and VB2017 speakers were busy presenting their research at no fewer than four different events: FIRST in Prague, Black Hat Europe in London, Botconf in Montpellier, and AVAR in Beijing. Security researchers were spoilt for choice, and while other members of the VB team headed…
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Conference review: Botconf 2017
Since its first edition in 2013 , the Virus Bulletin team have been big fans of Botconf , the botnet fighting conference held every year in France. This year, Virus Bulletin sent team members Adrian Luca and Ionuț Răileanu to the event, which took place in the Mediterranean city of Montpellier. There appears to have been…
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VB2017 videos on attacks against Ukraine
(In)security is a global problem that affects every country in the world, but in recent years, none has been as badly hit as Ukraine. The most well known malware that affected the country is (Not)Petya, a ransomware/wiper threat that had global impact (it cost shipping firm Maersk alone $300m in lost revenues ), but which…
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