Category Archives: Mac Virus

Virus Bulletin article, March 2011

Posted on Jul 2, 2013 by David Harley

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 →

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Virus Bulletin Conference Papers (13-14) (update)

Posted on Apr 4, 2013 by David Harley

[Now with additional content re the 2013 paper] David Harley, Martijn Grooten, Steve Burn and Craig Johnston: My PC has 32,539 Errors: how Telephone Support Scams really Work; Virus Bulletin Conference Proceedings, 2012. Copyright is held by Virus Bulletin Ltd, but is … Continue reading →

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Virus Bulletin Conference Papers (1)

Posted on Apr 2, 2013 by David Harley

As I mentioned in my last blog article here (quite a while ago), I’m no longer listing all my current blog output here. However, this seems a suitable place to start gathering some of my papers and articles together. Starting … Continue reading →

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A happy and over-worked Valentine’s Day…

Posted on Feb 14, 2012 by David Harley

…But I’m travelling for the next few weeks, so things will be quieter. Writing-wise, if not work-wise. Infosecurity Magazine: Malware: a Matter of Definition ESET: Cybercrime, Cyberpolicing, and the Public  Chainmailcheck: Only love can break your heart…  Mac Virus: Flashbacks East … Continue reading →

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28th January – 12th February

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 by David Harley

Articles: Virus Bulletin Living the Meme (available to subscribers only) Hakin9 David Harley, Aleksandr Matrosov, Eugene Rodionov:  When I’m x64: Bootkit Threat Evolution in 2011 Network Security: AMTSO: the Test of Time? This article appeared in January’s Network Security but is now available … Continue reading →

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A looooooong gap…. (December – January)

Posted on Jan 28, 2012 by David Harley

Well, I was actually incommunicado over Xmas (yippee!) But the last summary I posted here was on 15th December, so a lot has happened. I’m therefore changing the format a bit for this post, so that it doesn’t take me … Continue reading →

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2nd-12th December 2011

Posted on Dec 12, 2011 by David Harley

Another long gap, but I was in Bratislava for meetings for a good deal of that time. So, my ESET posts: December 2nd: SQL Injection Attack Alert December 5th: Carberp + BlackHole = growing fraud incidents December 6th: Wi-Fi and fertility: … Continue reading →

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19th-23rd November

Posted on Nov 23, 2011 by David Harley

SC Magazine, 22nd November: Privacy, identity, and the Nym of the Rose ESET: Nov. 23rd: Facebook Invitation and the Olympic Torch IRISSCERT, ESET Ireland and the Luck of the Irish Nov. 22nd: Evolution of Win32Carberp: going deeper Chainmailcheck: Nov. 23rd: … Continue reading →

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November 13th – November 19th 2011

Posted on Nov 19, 2011 by David Harley

Oh dear. Another long gap, though shorter than the last one… SC Magazine: Facebook: Is the Fawkes virus still smoldering? (Nov. 15th) Infosecurity Magazine: iPaddling in Corporate Waters; Goodbye Blackberry Way?* (Both Nov. 18th) (ISC)2: DNSSEC, SOPA, and PIPA (Nov. 16th) ESET (in … Continue reading →

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As I was saying nearly a month ago…

Posted on Nov 12, 2011 by David Harley

Just as well that this isn’t the most frequently-read of my blog sites. Well, for the benefit of the handful of us to whom this is vaguely useful, here’s (some of) what’s been happening since 15th October: SC Magazine: Cold-calling … Continue reading →

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