Tag: vb2017
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Five reasons to come to VB2017 in Madrid
I regularly use this blog to add nuance to bold claims about dangerous vulnerabilities or impressive claims about security solutions – something that I think befits an independent company like Virus Bulletin . For that reason, I hesitate to make bold claims about the Virus Bulletin Conference : just as a security vendor isn’t likely to…
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Five reasons to come to VB2017 in Madrid
I regularly use this blog to add nuance to bold claims about dangerous vulnerabilities or impressive claims about security solutions – something that I think befits an independent company like Virus Bulletin . For that reason, I hesitate to make bold claims about the Virus Bulletin Conference : just as a security vendor isn’t likely to…
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Advanced and inept persistent threats to be discussed at VB2017
Only a few years ago, “APT” (advanced persistent threat) was a buzzword mostly heard being bandied around at security exhibitions to sell even more advanced technology to prevent, detect and remediate threats. And though people are right to point out that even the most powerful attackers use technology that is only as advanced as it…
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Advanced and inept persistent threats to be discussed at VB2017
Only a few years ago, “APT” (advanced persistent threat) was a buzzword mostly heard being bandied around at security exhibitions to sell even more advanced technology to prevent, detect and remediate threats. And though people are right to point out that even the most powerful attackers use technology that is only as advanced as it…
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Calling next-gen security researchers: student discount for VB2017 announced
Next-gen firewalls, next-gen anti-virus. At Virus Bulletin , we follow the ‘next-gen’ trends with interest, if only because behind the marketing there is often very interesting technology. But there is another kind of next-gen that we are even more interested in: next-gen security researchers. In three months’ time, some of the greatest minds in security…
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Calling next-gen security researchers: student discount for VB2017 announced
Next-gen firewalls, next-gen anti-virus. At Virus Bulletin , we follow the ‘next-gen’ trends with interest, if only because behind the marketing there is often very interesting technology. But there is another kind of next-gen that we are even more interested in: next-gen security researchers. In three months’ time, some of the greatest minds in security…
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Nominations opened for fourth Péter Szőr Award
Virus Bulletin is seeking nominations for the fourth annual Péter Szőr Award . The award was inaugurated during the VB2014 conference, in honour of late security researcher and malware expert Péter Szőr , who passed away in November 2013. It is given to for the best piece of technical security research published during the preceding year;…
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Nominations opened for fourth Péter Szőr Award
Virus Bulletin is seeking nominations for the fourth annual Péter Szőr Award . The award was inaugurated during the VB2014 conference, in honour of late security researcher and malware expert Péter Szőr , who passed away in November 2013. It is given to for the best piece of technical security research published during the preceding year;…
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VB2017 Early Bird discount to expire this week
“Hundreds of businesses, both large and small, have suffered from the handiwork of the virus writers. It is now clear that a sabotage mentality exists and new computer viruses destroy data and programs – the more extreme examples being programmed to format hard-disks.” Aside from a few technical details, this could have been written today. It…
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VB2017 Early Bird discount to expire this week
“Hundreds of businesses, both large and small, have suffered from the handiwork of the virus writers. It is now clear that a sabotage mentality exists and new computer viruses destroy data and programs – the more extreme examples being programmed to format hard-disks.” Aside from a few technical details, this could have been written today. It…