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  • Throwback Thursday: Virus Writers

    This Throwback Thursday, we bring you a series of articles from the archives that looked at virus writers, asking ‘who are they?’, ‘why do they do it?’, and other pertinent questions. Recent years have seen a huge shift in malware writing – gone are the days of script kiddies and the lonely teenager wanting his…

  • Throwback Thursday: Research and Other Hobbies

    This Throwback Thursday we reflect on the life of one of industry’s greats, who sadly passed away this week: Prof. Klaus Brunnstein. Professor Klaus Brunnstein was one of the biggest names in anti-virus resarch, a pioneer in the field, and a man whose career was never short of either controversy or success. We were greatly…

  • Throwback Thursday: Double Trouble / The Perfect Couple

    Once again this Throwback Thursday, we bring you not one but two (related) pieces from the archives as VB heads back to the mid-90s when a new era of viruses was believed to be dawning. In general, the experts of the anti-malware industry get things more or less right. Predictions may take longer to come…

  • Throwback Thursday: When Love came to Town

    Once again this Throwback Thursday, we bring you not one but two (related) pieces from the archives as VB heads back to 2000 in the week of the 15th anniversary of the LoveLetter virus. On 4 May 2000, VBS/LoveLetter.A, also known as LovLet, ILOVEYOU and Love Bug, wreaked havoc across the globe and pushed the…

  • Throwback Thursday: Regina v Christopher Pile: The Inside Story & Off with his Head!

    This Throwback Thursday, we bring you not one but two (related) pieces from the archives as VB heads back to 1996 to look at events surrounding the issuing of the UK’s first custodial sentence for writing and distributing computer viruses. Over the last couple of years, the ‘Throwback Thursday’ trend has taken the Internet by…

  • Throwback Thursday: Through the Administrator’s Eye

    This Throwback Thursday, VB heads back to 1997 with ‘Through the Administrator’s Eye’. Over the last couple of years, the ‘Throwback Thursday’ trend has taken the Internet by storm, with social media users indulging in a weekly wallow in nostalgia. The VB team decided it was high time we got in on the act, using…

  • Throwback Thursday: The Unbearable Lightness of Testing

    VB gets in on the Throwback Thursday act, delving into the archives. Over the last couple of years, the ‘Throwback Thursday’ trend has taken the Internet by storm, with social media users indulging in a weekly wallow in nostalgia, fondly resurrecting photographs of themselves wearing terrible fashion in their childhood or sporting awful haircuts in…