Tag: vb2019
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21 organisations partner with VB2019
Three months after we announced the first 14 partners and supporting organisations for VB2019 , the 29th Virus Bulletin Conference, seven more organisations have signed up to support the event. We welcome Avast and Kaspersky as Gold partners. Meanwhile, Endgame , Intel and Qihoo 360 have joined as Silver partners. Microsoft has joined as the…
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VB2019 preview: Exploring Emotet, an elaborate everyday enigma
Active since 2014, initially as a banking trojan, Emotet has been a plague on the Internet in recent years. Emotet’s core strength is its ability to download other malware, thus giving those in control of it remote code execution on infected systems and networks. Emotet has been the initial infection in many high-profile attacks, in…
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VB2019 preview: A study of Machete cyber espionage operations in Latin America
The US government considers China, Russia, Iran and North Korea to be the most prominent nation-state actors in cyber space. Apart from conveniently ignoring activities by the US and its Five Eyes allies, there is plenty of nation-state activity happening elsewhere, including South Asia, Southeast Asia and Latin America. One of the most prominent Latin…
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VB2019 preview: A study of Machete cyber espionage operations in Latin America
The US government considers China, Russia, Iran and North Korea to be the most prominent nation-state actors in cyber space. Apart from conveniently ignoring activities by the US and its Five Eyes allies, there is plenty of nation-state activity happening elsewhere, including South Asia, Southeast Asia and Latin America. One of the most prominent Latin…
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VB2019 call for last-minute papers opened
Virus Bulletin has opened the call for last-minute papers for VB2019. The VB2019 programme already boasts some 40 talks that were announced more than three months ago. Though we think of the threat landscape as fast-changing, we like to look beyond the hype and the programme remains as relevant now – and will be as…
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VB2019 call for last-minute papers opened
Virus Bulletin has opened the call for last-minute papers for VB2019. The VB2019 programme already boasts some 40 talks that were announced more than three months ago. Though we think of the threat landscape as fast-changing, we like to look beyond the hype and the programme remains as relevant now – and will be as…
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Nominations opened for sixth Péter Szőr Award
Virus Bulletin is seeking nominations for the sixth 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 awarded for the best piece of technical security research published during the preceding year; for the…
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Nominations opened for sixth Péter Szőr Award
Virus Bulletin is seeking nominations for the sixth 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 awarded for the best piece of technical security research published during the preceding year; for the…
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Haroon Meer and Adrian Sanabria to deliver VB2019 closing keynote
We are very excited to announce that the closing keynote for VB2019 will be delivered by Haroon Meer and Adrian Sanabria of Thinkst , the company that was founded by Haroon and recently joined by Adrian. Haroon is a long-time researcher and public speaker, best known for his thought-provoking ideas on security research and the…
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Haroon Meer and Adrian Sanabria to deliver VB2019 closing keynote
We are very excited to announce that the closing keynote for VB2019 will be delivered by Haroon Meer and Adrian Sanabria of Thinkst , the company that was founded by Haroon and recently joined by Adrian. Haroon is a long-time researcher and public speaker, best known for his thought-provoking ideas on security research and the…