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  • Throwback Thursday: The Virus Analyst Headache

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to April 1999, when the average virus analyst had to manually process around ten or more viruses per day, and the growing complexity and volume of viruses was proving a headache. By the early years of the 21st century, the volume of malware was such that no…

  • Throwback Thursday: IT Security Breaches: The 1994 NCC Survey

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to November 1994, when VB asked: what is the nature of the real virus problem, and how much does it cost? Year after year, we see reports and surveys revealing the latest cybercrime figures and statistics — in 2015, respondents to PwC ‘s Global State of Information…

  • Throwback Thursday: Palm Breach

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to July 2000, when concerns were growing about malicious threats to the Palm Personal Digital Assistant. In the 1980s, no one left home without their Filofax. Today, of course, almost no one leaves home without their smartphone, but in 2000 the must-have pocket device was the Personal…

  • Throwback Thursday: Riotous Assembly

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to January 1994, shortly after Cyber Riot had emerged as the first virus capable of infecting the Windows kernel. Today, malware that affects the Windows kernel is ubiquitous – the majority of sophisticated attacks against Windows users have at least one component executing in the operating system…

  • Throwback Thursday: Sizewell B: Fact or Fiction?

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 1993, when VB asked the key question: could a virus compromise safety at one of Britain’s nuclear power plants? 2010 saw the discovery of Stuxnet, which targeted industrial control systems in general, with the specific target of a particular Iranian nuclear facility — but 2010 wasn’t…

  • Throwback Thursday: What You Pay For…

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 1996, when VB looked at what was available to protect your computer free of charge. Today, the ‘freemium’ business model is a familiar one, and one that we commonly see in the world of security solutions: businesses offer a product or service free of charge, but…

  • Throwback Thursday: Cabirn Fever

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 2004, when the first worm to spread from mobile phone to mobile phone appeared. Since it first appeared almost exactly 11 years ago, mobile malware has broadly followed the same evolutionary path as PC malware — but at a much faster rate. The first piece of…

  • Throwback Thursday: The Updating Game

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 1997, when automatic updates of AV software were not the norm. We all know that the malware scene has changed almost beyond recognition in the last 25 years — one clear indication of that is the fact that, in 1991, we were being advised by the…

  • Throwback Thursday: KAOS on the Superhighway?

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 1994, when KAOS4 was discovered on the Internet. A new virus has been found on the Internet — today, this is an unfortunate fact of everyday life, and unless the virus is particularly interesting, not even noteworthy. In July 1994, however, the discovery of KAOS4 on…

  • Throwback Thursday: Macro Viruses & The Little Virus That Could…

    This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to 1999, when Melissa was causing havoc across the globe and VB presented a series of articles detailing all you ever wanted to know about macro viruses but were afraid to ask. Until recently, macro viruses were a thing of the past — true ‘retro’ viruses (as…