Tag: web filter
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Virus Bulletin publishes first web filter test report
Virus Bulletin has been testing security products for more than 18 years, and in recent years, we have had many requests from product developers asking us to test their web security products. After all, whether malicious software is downloaded directly from websites or through sneaky drive-by downloads, the web remains an important infection vector. In…
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Exploit kit requires link to be clicked before redirection
Automatic analysis of malicious payloads becomes a little bit harder again. A security researcher at ESET has discovered how a malicious site serving the Angler exploit kit prevents automatic analysis by making a user click a link before being redirected to the exploit kit. Having spent many hours during the past two years building a…
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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…