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  • Virus Bulletin wishes you a great 2015

    See you in Prague – and on the Internet! 2014 was an exciting year for Virus Bulletin: we made all of our content free , ran a successful and well-attended conference in Seattle, and added some new members to our team . In 2015, you can expect to see lots more of the regular research…

  • Virus Bulletin is hiring

    VB seeks a Perl Developer / Security Engineer. 2014 has been an exciting year for Virus Bulletin : we went through some personnel changes , made all of our content freely available , and ran our best attended conference thus far. Behind the scenes, we have also been working on some other exciting things such…

  • Report: VB100 comparative review on Windows Server 2012

    23 out of 29 tested products earn VB100 award. Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 , the most recent version of Microsoft ‘s operating system. Though supposedly more secure than previous Windows Server versions, solely relying on the security of an operating system is rarely, if ever, a good idea. Thankfully,…

  • Paper: Inside the iOS/AdThief malware

    75,000 jailbroken iOS devices infected with malware that steals ad revenues. Believing that the device or operating system you use reduces your chance of being affected by malware is generally a bad idea, but those using iOS have the numbers on their side: malware targeting Apple ‘s mobile platform is very rare. But very rare…

  • Report: 15 solutions achieve VBSpam award

    Despite short spike, image spam no problem for spam filters. Good news for those who need to run a spam filter (in other words: everyone who runs a mail server). For the second time in a row, all 15 participating full solutions in our comparative anti-spam tests achieved a VBSpam award. They all blocked a…

  • Report: VB100 comparative review on Windows 7

    29 out of 35 tested products earn VB100 award. The various changes at Virus Bulletin mean that things are busier than ever in our office. Still, behind the scenes we continue to perform what remains one of our core activities: the testing of security products. John Hawes and his team tested no fewer than 35…

  • Paper: VBA is not dead!

    Gabor Szappanos looks at the resurgence of malicious VBA macros that use social engineering to activate. Macro malware had long been assumed dead. After all, macros are disabled by default in modern versions of Microsoft Office , which means they do not automatically execute upon opening a file. However, macro malware has recently made a…

  • Paper: Obfuscation in Android malware, and how to fight back

    Axelle Apvrille and Ruchna Nigam look at both off-the-shelf products and custom obfuscation techniques. After a relatively slow start, in recent years mobile malware has really taken off. In many ways, mobile malware has followed the same path as taken by malware targeting desktop PCs. We have seen mobile adware, spyware, fake anti-virus, banking trojans,…

  • Virus Bulletin celebrates 25th birthday by making all content free

    Neither subscription nor registration required to access content. Happy birthday Virus Bulletin ! Today it is exactly 25 years since, in the very first issue of Virus Bulletin , Editor Edward Wilding wrote: “We aim to provide PC users with a regular source of intelligence about computer viruses, their prevention, detection and removal, and how…

  • Virus Bulletin seeks security researchers

    Would you like to publish your research through Virus Bulletin – or perhaps even work for us? As of 1 July, all Virus Bulletin content will be freely available to everyone. This should be of interest for more reasons than simply saving the annual subscription fee. I recently spoke to a long-time Virus Bulletin reader…