Tag: spora
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VB2017 video: Spora: the saga continues a.k.a. how to ruin your research in a week
First discovered at the beginning of the year, the Spora ransomware has become one of of the most prominent ransomware families of 2017, especially in Russia, a region it appears to target. Spora exhibited worm-like behaviour months before the appearance of WannaCry, using .LNK files, a technique previously used by other malware. (Spora’s implementation is…
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VB2017 video: Spora: the saga continues a.k.a. how to ruin your research in a week
First discovered at the beginning of the year, the Spora ransomware has become one of of the most prominent ransomware families of 2017, especially in Russia, a region it appears to target. Spora exhibited worm-like behaviour months before the appearance of WannaCry, using .LNK files, a technique previously used by other malware. (Spora’s implementation is…
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VB2017: nine last-minute papers announced
At Virus Bulletin we try not to follow the daily security hype, focusing instead on the bigger trends. This means that the topics covered on the VB2017 conference programme – the majority of which was published in April – are still as relevant now as they were five months ago. Still, security is constantly evolving, and…
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VB2017: nine last-minute papers announced
At Virus Bulletin we try not to follow the daily security hype, focusing instead on the bigger trends. This means that the topics covered on the VB2017 conference programme – the majority of which was published in April – are still as relevant now as they were five months ago. Still, security is constantly evolving, and…