Tag: jan sirmer
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VB2019 paper: Spoofing in the reeds with Rietspoof
The Rietspoof malware was first discovered by Avast researchers in August 2018 and publicly disclosed in a blog post in February 2019. The multi-stage malware utilises different file types throughout its infection chain including in one stage a CAB file. Full details of the malware, including later discoveries, were revealed in a VB2019 paper by…
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New paper: Botception: botnet distributes script with bot capabilities
The Necurs botnet has been active for some time. In 2014, Virus Bulletin published a 3-part article by Peter Ferrie ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) who had studied the botnet in great detail. And although, as is typical for botnets, Necurs’ activities can be somewhat volatile, it has been used for some notorious…
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New paper: Botception: botnet distributes script with bot capabilities
The Necurs botnet has been active for some time. In 2014, Virus Bulletin published a 3-part article by Peter Ferrie ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) who had studied the botnet in great detail. And although, as is typical for botnets, Necurs’ activities can be somewhat volatile, it has been used for some notorious…
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VB2016 ‘Last-Minute’ Papers Announced
With a little over three weeks to go until VB2016 , the conference programme is almost complete. We have a great selection of talks on the main programme, half a dozen Small Talks that we hope will lead to interesting discussions among participants, and a closing keynote from Morgan Marquis-Boire , the hacker, security researcher…
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VB2016 ‘Last-Minute’ Papers Announced
With a little over three weeks to go until VB2016 , the conference programme is almost complete. We have a great selection of talks on the main programme, half a dozen Small Talks that we hope will lead to interesting discussions among participants, and a closing keynote from Morgan Marquis-Boire , the hacker, security researcher…