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  • Throwback Thursday: Malware taking a bit(coin) more than we bargained for

    In late spring of 2011, a sudden rise in the price of Bitcoin – reaching almost US$30, up from less than $1 barely a month earlier – attracted the attention of malware authors. They added mining capabilities to their malicious creations and made them look for Bitcoin wallets, while many websites added JavaScript code that used…

  • Throwback Thursday: Malware taking a bit(coin) more than we bargained for

    In late spring of 2011, a sudden rise in the price of Bitcoin – reaching almost US$30, up from less than $1 barely a month earlier – attracted the attention of malware authors. They added mining capabilities to their malicious creations and made them look for Bitcoin wallets, while many websites added JavaScript code that used…

  • Throwback Thursday: Ten memorable Virus Bulletin conference presentations – part 2

    With an excellent conference programme featuring some of the top experts in the IT security industry and covering some of the most important topics, we have much to look forward to when it comes to VB2017 , the 27th Virus Bulletin conference. But we also often look back at past conference presentations, not just because…

  • Throwback Thursday: Ten memorable Virus Bulletin conference presentations – part 2

    With an excellent conference programme featuring some of the top experts in the IT security industry and covering some of the most important topics, we have much to look forward to when it comes to VB2017 , the 27th Virus Bulletin conference. But we also often look back at past conference presentations, not just because…

  • IEEE announces Anti-Malware Support Service

    ‘Software taggant system’ and ‘clean file metadata exchange’ discussed at previous VB conferences. Wouldn’t it be nice if providers of software packers included a licence key in the packer, so that anti-malware solutions could distinguish legitimate from malign use – and, if needed, blacklist those keys used by malware authors? And wouldn’t it also be…

  • VBConnect: the Virus Bulletin conference goes social

    New tool aims to enhance conference networking opportunities. For many in the security industry, the Virus Bulletin conference is the highlight of their busy events calendar, and one of the most valuable aspects of the event is the opportunity to network with other industry members. Since the inaugural event in 1991, the VB conference has…