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  • VB2014 preview: Optimized mal-ops. Hack the ad network like a boss

    Researchers Vadim Kotov and Rahul Kashyap to discuss how advertisements are the new exploit kits. In the weeks running up to VB2014 (the 24th Virus Bulletin International Conference), we will look at some of the research that will be presented at the event. In the second of this series, we look at the paper ‘…

  • VB2014 preview: P0wned by a barcode

    Fabio Assolini to speak about malware targeting boletos. In the weeks running up to VB2014 , we will look at some of the research that will be presented at the conference. In the first of this series, we look at the paper ‘ P0wned by a barcode: stealing money from offline users ‘, from Kaspersky…

  • Call for last-minute papers for VB2014 announced

    Seven speaking slots waiting to be filled with presentations on ‘hot’ security topics. Earlier this year, we announced the programme for VB2014: three days filled with excellent papers on a wide range of security topics. Well, not entirely. As usual, one small part of the programme has been set aside for last-minute papers: presentations dealing…

  • Virus Bulletin announces Péter Ször Award

    ‘Brilliant mind and a true gentleman’ commemorated through annual award for technical security research. In commemoration of the life and work of security researcher Péter Ször, who passed away in November, Virus Bulletin has introduced an annual award which will be known as the “Péter Ször Award”. The award will recognise the best piece of…

  • VB2014 programme and keynote announced

    Exciting range of topics to be covered at VB conference in Seattle this September; Katie Moussouris to deliver keynote address. Altogether, almost 150 proposals were submitted for this year’s VB Conference , and it was no easy task for the selection committee to whittle down the choices – indeed, there were many very decent papers…

  • Botconf – the ‘first botnet fighting conference’

    Tools, ideas and research presented in Nantes. There are far too many security conferences each year for my agenda, budget and brain to handle, and thus I need to choose carefully which ones to attend. But when I first heard of Botconf , I knew immediately that it would be on my must-attend list. France…

  • VB2014: more of the same, plus something a little different

    Hackers, network security researchers encouraged to submit abstracts for the conference. The issuing of the call for papers for a VB conference is always an important event for us, but some changes to the conference format for VB2014 mean we are even more excited this year than usual. As the threat landscape has evolved over…

  • ‘Mobile Thursday’ at the VB conference

    Record number of presentations dedicated to threats affecting smartphones. The significant increase in mobile threats is reflected in the VB2013 programme, which includes seven presentations on mobile malware. Security experts have always been fascinated by mobile security, a subject which has been covered at many previous VB conferences. As far back as 2002, T-Mobile ‘s…

  • VB2013 last-minute papers and keynote announced

    Hot topics to be covered at VB conference in Berlin. We thought that the 45 previously announced VB2013 papers, together with the panel discussion, already made for a really interesting conference programme, but this week has seen the addition of seven more exciting and topical presentations. For the last seven years, we have set aside…

  • VB2013 speaker spotlight

    We speak to VB2013 presenters Lysa Myers and David Harley about their research interests and what they aim to bring to the conference. The VB2013 conference takes place this autumn (2-4 October) in Berlin, with an exciting programme that covers many of today’s most pertinent security-related topics. In the build-up to the event we will…