Tag: conference
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Virus Bulletin encourages experienced speakers and newcomers alike to submit proposals for VB2019
There is a little less than a month left until the deadline (17 March) of the call for papers for VB2019 , the 29th Virus Bulletin International Conference. Over almost three decades, the Virus Bulletin Conference has built a reputation as a conference that produces solid content. Some take this to mean that we are…
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VB2018 paper: Internet balkanization: why are we raising borders online?
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, said “I hope we use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures”. Yet increasingly we are seeing barriers being raised not only in the real world, but on the Internet as well. The Great Firewall of China is widely known, but the Chinese goverment is…
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VB2018 paper: Internet balkanization: why are we raising borders online?
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, said “I hope we use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures”. Yet increasingly we are seeing barriers being raised not only in the real world, but on the Internet as well. The Great Firewall of China is widely known, but the Chinese goverment is…
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VB2018 paper: Where have all the good hires gone?
We often hear about the cybersecurity skills gap being ” an issue for all “, creating ” recuitment chaos “, an ” industry crisis “, and indeed the difficulties organizations encounter in hiring information security professionals have been described as one of the biggest challenges IT leaders face today. There is no doubt that such…
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VB2018 paper: Where have all the good hires gone?
We often hear about the cybersecurity skills gap being ” an issue for all “, creating ” recuitment chaos “, an ” industry crisis “, and indeed the difficulties organizations encounter in hiring information security professionals have been described as one of the biggest challenges IT leaders face today. There is no doubt that such…
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Preview: Nullcon 2019
Does it matter that the number of new malware samples keeps growing? What does the meteoric rise in cryptocurrency malware indicate? Why is there barely any malware on iOS ? Which groups should be particularly worried about malware? I will attempt to answer these and other questions in a talk entitled “The State of Malware…
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Preview: Nullcon 2019
Does it matter that the number of new malware samples keeps growing? What does the meteoric rise in cryptocurrency malware indicate? Why is there barely any malware on iOS ? Which groups should be particularly worried about malware? I will attempt to answer these and other questions in a talk entitled “The State of Malware…
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VB2018 paper: Inside Formbook infostealer
The Formbook information-stealing trojan has been spread by a number of recent spam campaigns . The malware was advertised in hacking forums as long ago as January 2016, but wasn’t written about until an Arbor Networks blog post in September 2017. The malware is a ‘form-grabber’, which means it intercepts data entered in website forms,…
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VB2018 paper: Inside Formbook infostealer
The Formbook information-stealing trojan has been spread by a number of recent spam campaigns . The malware was advertised in hacking forums as long ago as January 2016, but wasn’t written about until an Arbor Networks blog post in September 2017. The malware is a ‘form-grabber’, which means it intercepts data entered in website forms,…
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The VB2019 CFP – how the selection procedure works
Last week, we opened the call for papers for VB2019 , which is to take place 2-4 October in London, UK. The deadline for the call for papers is Sunday 17 March . We are often asked how the selection procedure works, and since we believe transparency, and since an explanation of what we are…