Tag: vb2015
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We need to continue the debate on the ethics and perils of publishing security research
At VB2015 in Prague, Juan Andrés Guerro-Saade, then of Kaspersky Lab , presented an important paper on the transformation of security researchers into intelligence brokers and how this changes the ethics concerning security research. The debate on how security companies in general and anti-virus products in particular should treat malware written for ‘good’ purposes has…
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We need to continue the debate on the ethics and perils of publishing security research
At VB2015 in Prague, Juan Andrés Guerro-Saade, then of Kaspersky Lab , presented an important paper on the transformation of security researchers into intelligence brokers and how this changes the ethics concerning security research. The debate on how security companies in general and anti-virus products in particular should treat malware written for ‘good’ purposes has…
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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…
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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…
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A Christmas present for the security community
A botnet of Internet-connected cameras causing the largest DDoS ever; the ransomware threat that appears to get worse every day; a state-sponsored hacker group that attempted to influence a foreign election. 2016 has been quite a year for computer security. But that’s only half of the story. 2016 also saw many researchers analysing the threats,…
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A Christmas present for the security community
A botnet of Internet-connected cameras causing the largest DDoS ever; the ransomware threat that appears to get worse every day; a state-sponsored hacker group that attempted to influence a foreign election. 2016 has been quite a year for computer security. But that’s only half of the story. 2016 also saw many researchers analysing the threats,…
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More on the Moose botnet at Botconf
This week, several members of the Virus Bulletin team are attending Botconf 2016 in Lyon, France. Security conferences provide good opportunities to meet fellow researchers and to learn about new trends and developments, but it also interesting to see a continuation of previously presented research. At this year’s Botconf, GoSecure researchers Masarah Paquet-Clouston and Olivier Bilodeau presented their research on…
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More on the Moose botnet at Botconf
This week, several members of the Virus Bulletin team are attending Botconf 2016 in Lyon, France. Security conferences provide good opportunities to meet fellow researchers and to learn about new trends and developments, but it also interesting to see a continuation of previously presented research. At this year’s Botconf, GoSecure researchers Masarah Paquet-Clouston and Olivier Bilodeau presented their research on…
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VB2015 paper: VolatilityBot: Malicious Code Extraction Made by and for Security Researchers
Given the sheer volume of new malware samples discovered every day, security researchers eagerly make use of tools that will help automate their research and analysis. IBM Trusteer researcher Martin Korman wrote one such tool, ‘VolatilyBot’, which extracts malicious code from packed binaries, leveraging the functionality of the Volatility Framework . At VB2015 in Prague,…
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VB2015 paper: Mobile Banking Fraud via SMS in North America: Who’s Doing it and How
While SMS has been declared dead many times, the service remains frequently used – and abused. In a paper presented at VB2015 in Prague, Adaptive Mobile researcher Cathal Mc Daid looked at fraudulent SMS campaigns, in particular those targeting banking users in North America. He showed how these campaigns tend to target specific banks and…