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  • Latest VBWeb report describes current state of the web-based threat landscape

    The web continues to be a major infection vector for individuals and organisations alike. In the VBWeb tests , which form part of Virus Bulleti nā€™s test suite, our team measures the performance of web security products against a range of live web threats. We publish quarterly reports on the performance of the products that…

  • Virus Bulletin says a fond farewell and thank you to Martijn Grooten

    Thirteen years ago, VB was searching for a web developer to join the very small team based in Oxfordshire, UK. A CV came in from one Martijn Grooten, a former Ph.D. student in mathematics with little practical experience but a lot of promising skills. He interviewed well and was offered the job. Martijn was a…

  • Job vacancy at VB: Security Evangelist

    Virus Bulletin is a small company with a largely remote team based all over Europe that is placed at the heart of the IT security industry. Through its product testing, annual conference and ad hoc activities, Virus Bulletin works with security vendors, researchers and practitioners. We are currently recruiting for a ‘ security evangelist ‘,…

  • VB tests the web security products that play an important role in fending off web-based threats

    The web continues to be a major infection vector for individuals and organisations alike. Though the number of drive-by download attacks (often through exploit kits) is down from its peak half a decade ago, they have seen a bit of resurgence recently, with more than half a dozen exploit kits currently active ā”€ and tracked…

  • Virus Bulletin researcher discovers new Lord exploit kit

    The number of active exploit kits is very small: the recently published summer 2019 edition of Malwarebytes ‘ quarterly round-up lists the seven then known active exploit kits. To that, a potential eighth has now been added, thanks to Virus Bulletin researcher Adrian Luca. During his work on the VBWeb tests for web security products,…

  • Virus Bulletin researcher discovers new Lord exploit kit

    The number of active exploit kits is very small: the recently published summer 2019 edition of Malwarebytes ‘ quarterly round-up lists the seven then known active exploit kits. To that, a potential eighth has now been added, thanks to Virus Bulletin researcher Adrian Luca. During his work on the VBWeb tests for web security products,…

  • Subscribe to the relaunched Virus Bulletin eNews newsletter

    Today, we relaunched the Virus Bulletin eNews newsletter. The newsletter provides weekly updates of what is happening both at Virus Bulletin and in the wider security community, with a focus on the threats that have been seen and the tools used to analyse them. The newsletter is not intended to keep subscribers up to date…

  • Subscribe to the relaunched Virus Bulletin eNews newsletter

    Today, we relaunched the Virus Bulletin eNews newsletter. The newsletter provides weekly updates of what is happening both at Virus Bulletin and in the wider security community, with a focus on the threats that have been seen and the tools used to analyse them. The newsletter is not intended to keep subscribers up to date…

  • VB2017 paper: The life story of an IPT – Inept Persistent Threat actor

    Last Wednesday, Belgium-based Polish hacker Thomasz T. was arrested during a visit to his home country. Thomasz is believed to be the author of the Polski, Vortex, and Flotera ransomware families. Though this may look impressive on one’s cybercrime CV, it turns out that Thomasz may not be the most skilled of hackers. At VB2017…

  • VB2017 paper: The life story of an IPT – Inept Persistent Threat actor

    Last Wednesday, Belgium-based Polish hacker Thomasz T. was arrested during a visit to his home country. Thomasz is believed to be the author of the Polski, Vortex, and Flotera ransomware families. Though this may look impressive on one’s cybercrime CV, it turns out that Thomasz may not be the most skilled of hackers. At VB2017…