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  • Virus Bulletin announces Péter Ször Award

    ‘Brilliant mind and a true gentleman’ commemorated through annual award for technical security research. In commemoration of the life and work of security researcher Péter Ször, who passed away in November, Virus Bulletin has introduced an annual award which will be known as the “Péter Ször Award”. The award will recognise the best piece of…

  • VB2014 programme and keynote announced

    Exciting range of topics to be covered at VB conference in Seattle this September; Katie Moussouris to deliver keynote address. Altogether, almost 150 proposals were submitted for this year’s VB Conference , and it was no easy task for the selection committee to whittle down the choices – indeed, there were many very decent papers…

  • At least 99.4% of spam blocked in recent Virus Bulletin test

    All solutions on test blocked at least 99.4% of spam, but some struggled with false positive issues; survey also shows few products support DMARC. The results of the most recent VBSpam spam filter test show that all 18 of the solutions tested blocked at least 99.4% of all spam – although some struggled with false…

  • VB2014: more of the same, plus something a little different

    Hackers, network security researchers encouraged to submit abstracts for the conference. The issuing of the call for papers for a VB conference is always an important event for us, but some changes to the conference format for VB2014 mean we are even more excited this year than usual. As the threat landscape has evolved over…

  • Latest VBSpam tests show web host spam harder to block

    Most filters see a small increase in their catch rates overall. The results of VB ‘s latest spam filter test show that the spam sent from web hosts is significantly harder to block than spam sent via other means. Following various reports on the amount of spam sent from compromised web hosts, we compared delivery…

  • VB2013 programme announced

    Exciting range of topics to be covered at VB conference in Berlin this October. The VB conference selection committee have been busily assessing more than 150 proposals submitted for this year’s VB conference and have now made their final selections. The more than 30 industry experts on the selection committee were tasked with reading, assessing…

  • Catch rates drop in latest VBSpam tests

    Spam more of a challenge for majority of products. The results of VB’s latest spam filter test show that spam has become more difficult to filter – with 15 of the 19 products missing more spam than they did in the last test. Nine out of the 19 full solutions tested saw the percentage of…

  • Impressive results in latest VBSpam test

    Excellent performances in spam filter test – plus evidence of a correlation between spam ‘passing’ SPF and an increased delivery rate. No fewer than ten anti-spam solutions achieved a VBSpam+ award in VB’s latest spam filter test, with another ten achieving a standard VBSpam award. The results of the latest VBSpam test are good news…

  • VB2014 – location, location, location

    Cat escapes bag as details of VB2014 conference are announced. Keeping shtum about the dates and details for VB2014 – the 24th Virus Bulletin International Conference – has not been an easy task, so it is with delight and relief that, with contracts in place and legal teams satisfied, we can now announce that VB2014…

  • Virus Bulletin announces VBWeb tests for web filters

    Regular comparative tests will show which products offer best protection from malicious web traffic. Just as security companies can’t afford to neglect the major infection vector the web has become in recent years, those testing security solutions can’t afford to neglect web security solutions. It was with this in mind that Virus Bulletin began development…