Tag: shylock
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Paper: On the beat
Kevin Williams looks back at UK law enforcement successes at combating cybercrime. In a recent Throwback Thursday article, we looked back at the sentencing of self-confessed virus writer Christopher Pile almost 20 years ago. Pile was the first person in the UK to be given a custodial sentence for writing and distributing computer viruses. He…
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VB2014 paper: Caphaw – the advanced persistent pluginer
Micky Pun and Neo Tan analyse the banking trojan that is best known for spreading through Skype. Since the close of the VB2014 conference in Seattle in October, we have been sharing VB2014 conference papers as well as video recordings of the presentations. Today, we have added ‘Caphaw – the advanced persistent pluginer’ by Fortinet…
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VB2014 paper: Duping the machine – malware strategies, post sandbox detection
James Wyke looks at malware that takes extra steps to frustrate researchers. Since the close of the VB2014 conference in Seattle in October, we have been sharing VB2014 conference papers as well as video recordings of the presentations. Today, we have added ‘Duping the machine – malware strategies, post sandbox detection’ by Sophos researcher James…
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VB2014 preview: Duping the machine – malware strategies, post sandbox detection
James Wyke looks at four difference decoy methods. 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. Today, we look at the paper ‘ Duping the machine – malware strategies, post sandbox detection ‘, from Sophos…