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Tag Archives: fake AV
CFET Paper (5)
My most recent CFET paper, co-written with Martijn Grooten (Virus Bulletin), Craig Johnston (independent researcher) and Stephen Burn (Malwarebytes). FUD and Blunder: Tracking PC Support Scams Presented at the Cybercrime Forensics Education & Training Conference in September 2012, this paper … Continue reading
Posted in CFET, conference papers, David Harley
Tagged fake AV, forensics, marketing, scareware, support scams
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EICAR paper (9): Security Software & Rogue Economics: New Technology or New Marketing?
This is a paper I presented in 2011 at the EICAR conference in Krems, Austria, on “Security Software & Rogue Economics: New Technology or New Marketing?” Here’s the abstract: A highlight of the 2009 Virus Bulletin Conference was a panel … Continue reading
Posted in conference papers, David Harley, EICAR, ESET, Virus Bulletin
Tagged AV marketing, fake AV, FUD, scareware
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