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Monthly Archives: Jul 2013
Virus Bulletin article, August 2010
Another of my pet hobby horses: Mac security. This was commentary on popular attitudes to and misconceptions about Mac security, in the light of a survey conducted by ESET. No PDF version at the moment so here’s the link: Apple … Continue reading
Posted in articles, David Harley, Virus Bulletin, Virus Bulletin articles
Tagged Mac security, Mac Virus
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Virus Bulletin, November 2007
This isn’t actually one of my articles (so it has to be just a link to the version on the Virus Bulletin site): it was written by Martin Overton. However, it’s a review of a book called The AVIEN Malware … Continue reading
Virus Bulletin article, January 2007
An article for Virus Bulletin from a more personal angle, looking back over 17 years in and around the malware management business. (I first became involved with that aspect of security the same year that Virus Bulletin itself came into existence.) … Continue reading
Virus Bulletin article, November 2006
An article for Virus Bulletin on the popular conception of the anti-malware industry as a (sometimes) necessary evil. Here’s a bit of a teaser: …we are mistrusted by our customers, by the media, and especially by other sectors of the security industry. … Continue reading
Virus Bulletin article, October 2006
One thing that tends to get the anti-malware industry hot under the collar, or at any rate those of us with an interest in sound malware testing. Testing with malware created with the tester. In fact, several things about an … Continue reading
Posted in articles, David Harley, Virus Bulletin, Virus Bulletin articles
Tagged Alan Paller, Consumer Reports, SANS, testing
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Virus Bulletin article, March 2011
This VB_Cocoa_article is not a comparison of the highly desirable qualities of Victoria Bitter and a comforting chocolate drink, but an article I wrote a while back for Virus Bulletin: to be precise, a review of Graham J. Lee’s excellent book on … Continue reading
Virus Bulletin interview
Included for completists: a link to an interview with Virus Bulletin regarding a paper that Lysa Myers and I will be presenting at the 2013 conference. VB2013 speaker spotlight David Harley CITP FBCS CISSP Small Blue-Green World ESET Senior Research Fellow
Posted in articles, David Harley, VB Conference Papers, Virus Bulletin, Virus Bulletin articles
Tagged Lysa Myers
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Virus Bulletin Article, January 2010
An article for Virus Bulletin, considering the achievements and significance of AMTSO, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization. David Harley, AMTSOlutely Fabulous, January 2010, Virus Bulletin. Copyright is held by Virus Bulletin Ltd, but is made available on this site for … Continue reading
Posted in AMTSO, articles, David Harley, Virus Bulletin, Virus Bulletin articles
Tagged Anti-malware product testing
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Virus Bulletin article, July 2006
A review published Virus Bulletin in 2006 of Phishing Exposed, by Lance James. David Harley, July 2006, Phish_Fingering, Virus Bulletin. Copyright is held by Virus Bulletin Ltd, but is made available on this site for personal use free of charge … Continue reading
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Tagged Lance James, phishing
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Virus Bulletin article, June 2010
An article from Virus Bulletin, June 2010, that looks at the controversy around anti-malware products and product testing at the 2010 iAWACS/ESIEA/EICAR events. David Harley, Pwn2kill, EICAR, and AV: Scientific and Pragmatic Research, June 2010, Virus Bulletin. Copyright is held by … Continue reading
Posted in AMTSO, David Harley, EICAR, Virus Bulletin, Virus Bulletin articles
Tagged anti-malware testing, EICAR, ESIEA, iAWACS, pwn2kill
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