Category Archives: Virus Bulletin articles

VB article: Don’t Forget To Write

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[If you got here by way of the ESET We Live Security site, here’s a link to take you back to the white papers page.] This is my most recent article for Virus Bulletin: David Harley, Don’t Forget to Write, … Continue reading →

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Virus Bulletin article, May 2013

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David Harley,  Botnets of the Mind, February 2012, Virus Bulletin. Copyright is held by Virus Bulletin Ltd, but is made available on this site for personal use free of charge by permission of Virus Bulletin. Edited extract: ‘Hoaxers … use a … Continue reading →

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Virus Bulletin article, August 2010

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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 →

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Virus Bulletin, November 2007

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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 →

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Virus Bulletin article, January 2007

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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 →

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Virus Bulletin article, November 2006

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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 →

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Virus Bulletin article, October 2006

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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 →

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