Tag: conference
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VB2018 preview: Since the hacking of Sony Pictures
Yesterday, the US Justice Department brought charges against an alleged hacker for the North Korean government. The man, Park Jin Hyok, is accused of being connected with the 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment hack, as well as the 2017 WannaCry worm and various hacks of banks through the SWIFT system. Though charges against individuals linked to…
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Virus Bulletin announces programme of the first International Threat Intelligence Summit
Today, we are excited to announce the programme of the first International Threat Intelligence Summit, which will form an integral part of the VB2018 conference programme. Most of the people attending Virus Bulletin conferences work in roles that involve threat intelligence, whether it is to generate such data, to share with others, or to use…
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Virus Bulletin announces programme of the first International Threat Intelligence Summit
Today, we are excited to announce the programme of the first International Threat Intelligence Summit, which will form an integral part of the VB2018 conference programme. Most of the people attending Virus Bulletin conferences work in roles that involve threat intelligence, whether it is to generate such data, to share with others, or to use…
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VB2018 preview: Explain Ethereum smart contract hacking like I am five
Shout ‘blockchain’ in a group of security experts and everyone will start to laugh. It is fair to say that the security community tends to be rather sceptical about cryptocurrencies and blockchains and the promises that come with them. But it is easy to forget that many well-meaning people invest real money in these technologies.…
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VB2018 preview: Explain Ethereum smart contract hacking like I am five
Shout ‘blockchain’ in a group of security experts and everyone will start to laugh. It is fair to say that the security community tends to be rather sceptical about cryptocurrencies and blockchains and the promises that come with them. But it is easy to forget that many well-meaning people invest real money in these technologies.…
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VB2018 preview: Unpacking the packed unpacker: reversing an Android anti-analysis library
Seven years ago, the first VB conference paper on Android malware looked at what was then a new, but growing trend. Since then both the threat and the research community have grown enormously, and every VB conference since has featured several talks on Android malware. VB2018 is no exception. One of this year’s Android talks…
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VB2018 preview: Unpacking the packed unpacker: reversing an Android anti-analysis library
Seven years ago, the first VB conference paper on Android malware looked at what was then a new, but growing trend. Since then both the threat and the research community have grown enormously, and every VB conference since has featured several talks on Android malware. VB2018 is no exception. One of this year’s Android talks…
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VB2018 preview: From drive-by download to drive-by mining
“Understanding the new paradigm”, Malwarebytes researcher Jérôme Segura writes in the title of his upcoming VB2018 presentation on drive-by mining. He could hardly have put it more accurately – the rise of malicious cryptocurrency miners is the main security trend of the past 12 months. In the paper , Jérôme will look at those miners that…
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VB2018 preview: From drive-by download to drive-by mining
“Understanding the new paradigm”, Malwarebytes researcher Jérôme Segura writes in the title of his upcoming VB2018 presentation on drive-by mining. He could hardly have put it more accurately – the rise of malicious cryptocurrency miners is the main security trend of the past 12 months. In the paper , Jérôme will look at those miners that…
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VB announces Threat Intelligence Summit to take place during VB2018
The very first edition of Virus Bulletin magazine, published in July 1989, contained lists of “[all] known IBM PC viruses” and “[all] known Apple Macintosh viruses”. In the pre-web days, people really did have to rely on a printed magazine to update them on the latest threats, and thus Virus Bulletin was one of the…