Tag: vb2016
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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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VB2016 paper: BlackEnergy – what we really know about the notorious cyber attacks
In a blog post published on Friday, ESET researcher Anton Cherepanov provides evidence linking last week’s (Not)Petya attacks to the BlackEnergy group; Kaspersky researchers also believe there is some evidence the two are linked, though they say there are only low confidence indicators. Going back at least a decade, and likely cybercriminal in origin, the…
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VB2016 paper: BlackEnergy – what we really know about the notorious cyber attacks
In a blog post published on Friday, ESET researcher Anton Cherepanov provides evidence linking last week’s (Not)Petya attacks to the BlackEnergy group; Kaspersky researchers also believe there is some evidence the two are linked, though they say there are only low confidence indicators. Going back at least a decade, and likely cybercriminal in origin, the…
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VB2016 paper: Diving into Pinkslipbot’s latest campaign
Pinkslipbot, also known as Qakbot or Qbot, is a banking trojan that makes the news every once in a while, yet never seems to get the attention of the world’s Zbots and Dridexes. I looked at the malware myself three years ago , but since then it has been updated several times, the most recent…
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VB2016 paper: Diving into Pinkslipbot’s latest campaign
Pinkslipbot, also known as Qakbot or Qbot, is a banking trojan that makes the news every once in a while, yet never seems to get the attention of the world’s Zbots and Dridexes. I looked at the malware myself three years ago , but since then it has been updated several times, the most recent…
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VB2016 video: Last-minute paper: Malicious proxy auto-configs: an easy way to harvest banking credentials
“Much media attention is given to imminent and visible threats, like ransomware. Other threats remain under the radar and often go unnoticed.” This part of Jaromír Horejší and Jan Širmer’s VB2016 abstract is perhaps even more relevant today than it was in September 2016, when it was written. Despite the seriousness of WannaCry , there…
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VB2016 video: Last-minute paper: Malicious proxy auto-configs: an easy way to harvest banking credentials
“Much media attention is given to imminent and visible threats, like ransomware. Other threats remain under the radar and often go unnoticed.” This part of Jaromír Horejší and Jan Širmer’s VB2016 abstract is perhaps even more relevant today than it was in September 2016, when it was written. Despite the seriousness of WannaCry , there…