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VB2019 paper: Inside Magecart: the history behind the covert card-skimming assault on the e-commerce industry

October 28, 2019 admin

Today we publish the VB2019 paper by RiskIQ researcher Yonathan Klijnsma, who looked at the Magecart web-skimming attacks.

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VB2019 videos: partner presentations

October 25, 2019 admin

Today, we publish the videos of the VB2019 partner presentations by Michael Maltsev (Reason Cybersecurity) on webcam interception and protection, and by Jean-Ian Boutin and Anton Cherepanov (ESET) on the Buhtrap group.

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

October 24, 2019 admin

The web continues to be a major infection vector for malware and credential-stealing threats. In the VBWeb tests, we measure products’ ability to block such threats and certify products that perform a good job at doing so.

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VB2019 papers: Emotet and Ryuk

October 23, 2019 admin

Today we publish VB2019 papers by Luca Nagy (Sophos) on Emotet and Gabriela Nicolao and Luciano Martins (Deloitte) on Ryuk, as well as the corresponding videos of their presentations.

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Responsible madness?

October 22, 2019 admin

The debate on responsible disclosure is about as old as IT security itself. In a guest post for Virus Bulletin Robert Neumann suggests we need to reconsider a one-size-fits-all solution and instead look for a well-respected independent organization to handle security issues.

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VB2019 paper: Geost botnet. The story of the discovery of a new Android banking trojan from an OpSec error

October 21, 2019 admin

OpSec mistakes are what lead to many malware discoveries, and in the case of the Geost Android botnet the mistake was a really interesting one. Today we publish the VB2019 paper by Sebastian García, Maria Jose Erquiaga and Anna Shirokova on the Geost botnet, as well as the recording of Sebastian and Anna presenting their research in London.

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Analysis of malware responsible for sextortion spam that mines for Monero on the side

October 14, 2019 admin

VB2019 Platinum partner Reason Cybersecurity presents a threat analysis report on the Save Yourself malware.

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Guest blog: Threat intelligence – a unifying force of the future

October 10, 2019 admin

In a guest blog post VB2019 Platinum partner Reason Cybersecurity looks to the future of threat intelligence.