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  • VB2014 preview: Optimized mal-ops. Hack the ad network like a boss

    Researchers Vadim Kotov and Rahul Kashyap to discuss how advertisements are the new exploit kits. 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. In the second of this series, we look at the paper ‘…

  • VB2014 preview: P0wned by a barcode

    Fabio Assolini to speak about malware targeting boletos. In the weeks running up to VB2014 , we will look at some of the research that will be presented at the conference. In the first of this series, we look at the paper ‘ P0wned by a barcode: stealing money from offline users ‘, from Kaspersky…

  • Call for last-minute papers for VB2014 announced

    Seven speaking slots waiting to be filled with presentations on ‘hot’ security topics. Earlier this year, we announced the programme for VB2014: three days filled with excellent papers on a wide range of security topics. Well, not entirely. As usual, one small part of the programme has been set aside for last-minute papers: presentations dealing…

  • Exploit kit requires link to be clicked before redirection

    Automatic analysis of malicious payloads becomes a little bit harder again. A security researcher at ESET has discovered how a malicious site serving the Angler exploit kit prevents automatic analysis by making a user click a link before being redirected to the exploit kit. Having spent many hours during the past two years building a…

  • VB2014 programme and keynote announced

    Exciting range of topics to be covered at VB conference in Seattle this September; Katie Moussouris to deliver keynote address. Altogether, almost 150 proposals were submitted for this year’s VB Conference , and it was no easy task for the selection committee to whittle down the choices – indeed, there were many very decent papers…

  • VB2014: more of the same, plus something a little different

    Hackers, network security researchers encouraged to submit abstracts for the conference. The issuing of the call for papers for a VB conference is always an important event for us, but some changes to the conference format for VB2014 mean we are even more excited this year than usual. As the threat landscape has evolved over…

  • VB2014 – location, location, location

    Cat escapes bag as details of VB2014 conference are announced. Keeping shtum about the dates and details for VB2014 – the 24th Virus Bulletin International Conference – has not been an easy task, so it is with delight and relief that, with contracts in place and legal teams satisfied, we can now announce that VB2014…