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Malware teaching considered harmful?

Richard Ford and William Allen, both teachers of malware courses at Florida Institute of Technology, present their views on the teaching of virus writing as part of security courses.

Pandex: the botnet that could

Pandex has attracted very little attention from the media and generated little discussion between malware researchers and among the general populace. Chandra Prakash and Adam Thomas provide an overview of the Pandex operation and take an in-depth look at the underlying code that has allowed this malware to evade detection for so long.

Does the punishment fit the crime?

'Once bitten does not, it seems, make twice shy for spammers.’ Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin.

AVG Internet Security 8

John Hawes gets his hands on a preview version of the latest offering from AVG - AVG Internet Security 8.

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Events calendar

Date	Event	Location
Sep 21 - 25	COSAC 2008	Naas, Ireland
Sep 22 - 24	MAAWG 14th general meeting	Miami, FL, USA
Oct 01 - 03	VB2008	Ottawa, Canada
Oct 07 - 08	SecTor	Toronto, Canada
Oct 07 - 08	Malware 2008	Alexandria, VA, USA
Oct 07 - 10	Black Hat Japan 2008	Tokyo, Japan
Oct 08 - 09	Net Focus UK 2008	Brighton, UK
Oct 15 - 16	APWG eCrime Researchers Summit	Atlanta, GA, USA
Oct 21	SecureLondon Workshop on Computer Forensics	London, UK
Sept 23 - 25	VB2009	Geneva, Switzerland

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Malware prevalence

Virus Name	Prevalence	Pct
NetSky		21.1%
Agent		16.6%
Zbot		11.0%
Bifrose/Pakes		8.9%
Mytob		7.9%
Virut		5.5%
Suspect packers		3.6%
OnlineGames		3.0%

VGrep

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VB100

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VB Conference

VB2008 The VB conference is a major highlight of the anti-malware calendar, with many of its regular attendees citing it as the anti-malware event of the year. The 18th Virus Bulletin International Conference (VB2008) will be held 1-3 October 2007 in Ottawa, Canada.