Tag: conference
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Broad-ranging and international VB2018 programme announced
Today, we are very excited to announce the programme for VB2018 , the 28th Virus Bulletin International Conference, which is to take place in Montreal, 3-5 October 2018. Putting together a conference programme is not an easy task, particularly when you’ve received as many excellent submissions as we did, but I believe we have come…
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VB2017 paper: Exploring the virtual worlds of advergaming
At VB2016 in Denver, Malwarebytes researchers Jérôme Segura and Chris Boyd presented a paper on malicious advertising, or malvertising. At the end of the paper, as they looked at the future of online ads, they discussed new trends in ‘advergaming’, or in-game ads. This subject was the topic of a follow-up paper , presented by…
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VB2017 paper: Exploring the virtual worlds of advergaming
At VB2016 in Denver, Malwarebytes researchers Jérôme Segura and Chris Boyd presented a paper on malicious advertising, or malvertising. At the end of the paper, as they looked at the future of online ads, they discussed new trends in ‘advergaming’, or in-game ads. This subject was the topic of a follow-up paper , presented by…
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VB2016 paper: Wild Android collusions
Playing out in the sidelines of the Cambridge Analytica scandal was the discovery that Facebook had been collecting metadata on the calls and SMS conversations of many of the users of its Android app. Whatever your view on this practice, the fact that it is carried out by a single app does at least make…
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VB2016 paper: Wild Android collusions
Playing out in the sidelines of the Cambridge Analytica scandal was the discovery that Facebook had been collecting metadata on the calls and SMS conversations of many of the users of its Android app. Whatever your view on this practice, the fact that it is carried out by a single app does at least make…
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VB2017 paper: The life story of an IPT – Inept Persistent Threat actor
Last Wednesday, Belgium-based Polish hacker Thomasz T. was arrested during a visit to his home country. Thomasz is believed to be the author of the Polski, Vortex, and Flotera ransomware families. Though this may look impressive on one’s cybercrime CV, it turns out that Thomasz may not be the most skilled of hackers. At VB2017…
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VB2017 paper: The life story of an IPT – Inept Persistent Threat actor
Last Wednesday, Belgium-based Polish hacker Thomasz T. was arrested during a visit to his home country. Thomasz is believed to be the author of the Polski, Vortex, and Flotera ransomware families. Though this may look impressive on one’s cybercrime CV, it turns out that Thomasz may not be the most skilled of hackers. At VB2017…
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Five reasons to submit a VB2018 paper this weekend
The call for papers for VB2018 will close this Sunday, 18 March (in fact, to ensure we cover the entirety of the deadline day across all time zones, we’ll close submissions first thing on Monday morning, European time). We’ve already received many great submissions, but more are always welcome. The VB2017 speakers all look like…
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Five reasons to submit a VB2018 paper this weekend
The call for papers for VB2018 will close this Sunday, 18 March (in fact, to ensure we cover the entirety of the deadline day across all time zones, we’ll close submissions first thing on Monday morning, European time). We’ve already received many great submissions, but more are always welcome. The VB2017 speakers all look like…
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First partners of VB2018 announced
We are excited to announce that all four Platinum partnerships of VB2018 , the 28th Virus Bulletin International Conference, have been filled. Both ESET and Tencent have partnered with the conference many times before and we are thrilled to see them return, once again at Platinum level. Both companies are very active in various aspects…