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Malware in the Movies: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

The very first computer virus did not happen on a Windows machine, or a Mac or an Apple II. The first virus did not travel via the Internet or in an email or in a floppy disk. The first virus was not on a minicomputer, nor was it on a mainframe. That’s because the first computer virus didn’t exist on...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-30-2008
Filed under: Geek Stuff, AntiVirus Information
Many Facets of AV Testing - McAfee Avert Labs Blog

Many Facets of AV Testing Friday January 25, 2008 at 2:00 pm CST Posted by Hiep Dang Trackback Following the news from my colleague Dr. Igor Muttik about his recent trip to Bilbao, Spain, to participate in the Anti-Virus Testing Workshop, AV-Test.org just released the results of their latest comparative...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-28-2008
Filed under: AntiVirus Information
Case Closed - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab

Case Closed Posted by Sean @ 15:41 GMT | The volume of malware is increasing and we rely on ever increasing amounts of automation. Our automated systems are necessary to manage the flow of new samples. The automation also assists us in predicting which samples are malicious and should be detected. We...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-25-2008
Filed under: AntiVirus Information
Symantec Security Response Weblog: Trojan.Haradong Author and Accomplices Arrested

Trojan.Haradong Author and Accomplices Arrested The Trojan.Haradong author and his accomplices have been arrested, not for creating the so-called "Harada virus," but for unauthorized use of copyrighted materials. Unfortunately in Japan, there is no law prohibiting people from creating malware...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-25-2008
Filed under: In the News, AntiVirus Information
New Wine in a Old Bottle - StealthMBR Rootkit - McAfee Avert Labs Blog

New Wine in a Old Bottle - StealthMBR Rootkit Thursday January 24, 2008 at 10:25 am CST Posted by Anil Ramabhatta and Raghavendra Ellur Trackback These days Malware authors are using cutting-edge and blended attack vectors for infection and spreading to avoid AV detection. These are often difficult to...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-24-2008
Filed under: AntiVirus Information, Virus Removal Tools
Anti-Virus Testing 2.0 - McAfee Avert Labs Blog

I am still waiting on virus naming standards... Anti-Virus Testing 2.0 Wednesday January 23, 2008 at 11:16 am CST Posted by Igor Muttik Trackback A colleague of mine from McAfee Avert QA and I have just returned from a summit in Bilbao, Spain where more then 40 experts gathered together for almost two...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-23-2008
Filed under: AntiVirus Information
Malware Miscellany, December 2007 - Viruslist.com - Analyst's Diary

Malware Miscellany, December 2007 Yury January 22, 2008 | 10:39 GMT comment Greediest Trojan targeting banks. Last month the winner of this title was Trojan.Win32.Qhost.sx , which targeted the customers of 42 banks. Greediest Trojan targeting payment systems. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.bdn has its sights...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-22-2008
Filed under: AntiVirus Information
P.S. I Love You | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

P.S. I Love You January 17th, 2008 by Robert McArdle Valentine’s Day (February 14th) is a day originally named after the two Christian martyrs who died over 1700 years ago. Nowadays, of course, it is a day of love, happiness, and men frantically trying at the last minute to find a florist that still...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-17-2008
Filed under: AntiVirus Information
Chasing Storm into 2008 | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

Chasing Storm into 2008 January 16th, 2008 by Trend Micro The 2007 Internet weather report is in: It was the Stormiest we have seen. The security arena endured a year of Storm — the ever-changing pool of malware with a propensity to keep its calendar busy and rain on the AV parade. This was where its...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-16-2008
Filed under: AntiVirus Information
December Malware Roundup | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

December Malware Roundup January 3rd, 2008 by Jasper Pimentel December has always been a festive month and it’s no wonder that most of the malware that surfaced last month wanted to be a part of the holiday action. As expected, most of the malware that have shown up leveraged the holiday season to gain...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-10-2008
Filed under: AntiVirus Information

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