Tag: saher naumaan
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Haroon Meer and Adrian Sanabria to deliver VB2019 closing keynote
We are very excited to announce that the closing keynote for VB2019 will be delivered by Haroon Meer and Adrian Sanabria of Thinkst , the company that was founded by Haroon and recently joined by Adrian. Haroon is a long-time researcher and public speaker, best known for his thought-provoking ideas on security research and the…
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Haroon Meer and Adrian Sanabria to deliver VB2019 closing keynote
We are very excited to announce that the closing keynote for VB2019 will be delivered by Haroon Meer and Adrian Sanabria of Thinkst , the company that was founded by Haroon and recently joined by Adrian. Haroon is a long-time researcher and public speaker, best known for his thought-provoking ideas on security research and the…
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VB2018 paper: Now you see it, now you don’t: wipers in the wild
Early computer viruses were often destructive in nature, but once criminals learned about the money they could make from malware, they realised that destructiveness hurt their goals. Destructive malware, however, has made a comeback in recent years, most importantly in nation-sponsored attacks. Some of these malware variants literally wipe all data off disks (hence the…
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VB2018 paper: Now you see it, now you don’t: wipers in the wild
Early computer viruses were often destructive in nature, but once criminals learned about the money they could make from malware, they realised that destructiveness hurt their goals. Destructive malware, however, has made a comeback in recent years, most importantly in nation-sponsored attacks. Some of these malware variants literally wipe all data off disks (hence the…
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VB2018 preview: Wipers in the wild
Some of the earliest computer viruses deleted data and sometimes even rendered computers unusable. But as malware increasingly became a tool used for criminal or (geo)political purposes, its focus shifted to stealing data and using the resources of the compromised machines. However, there has recently been a trend of APT campaigns including a ‘wiper’ functionality…
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VB2018 preview: Wipers in the wild
Some of the earliest computer viruses deleted data and sometimes even rendered computers unusable. But as malware increasingly became a tool used for criminal or (geo)political purposes, its focus shifted to stealing data and using the resources of the compromised machines. However, there has recently been a trend of APT campaigns including a ‘wiper’ functionality…