Virus Bulletin
How to measure the biggest and most dangerous threats
Just about every security company publishes some sort of prevalence data - those little bar charts and top tens showing the most important and widespread threats. The raw data behind these easy-to-consume representations can be very useful to security experts and testers.
How to rate a comparative anti-virus test - a six-step guide
It sometimes seems like anyone with a computer feels qualified to do comparative anti-virus testing. There are a lot of pitfalls to look out for, which often trip up unwary would-be testers and regularly lead to wonky data and odd conclusions. So how do you know which tests are any good?
How do you know if an anti-virus test is any good?
Anti-virus tests are a bit of a minefield. Why are they all different? How do you know who to believe? What makes one test better than another, or are they all equally brilliant/useless/biased/random? John Hawes takes a look.
Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week
In case you missed anything, here's everything we wrote in the past seven days.
When is a password not a password? When Excel sees "VelvetSweatshop" [VIDEO]
Malware researcher Paul Baccas reveals how an Excel spreadsheet using the password "VelvetSweatshop" could be designed to put your computer at risk.
SophosLabs wins coveted Swiss prize
The Swiss are known for their prestigious and generous gifts to those who achieve what others can only imagine. SophosLabs managed to impress the committee and earn one of these coveted prizes recently.
Sophos awarded VB100 in Windows Server 2003 R2 comparative anti-virus test
Sophos awarded VB100 in comparative test by Virus Bulletin of 36 different anti-virus products.
Monday review: the hot 26 stories of the week
Here's a list of all the stories we've written in the last week, in case you missed any (or if you just want to read them again).
"Google and Microsoft can't outbid the US govt - they will never win a bidding war with the NSA"
Christopher Soghoian gave the keynote presentation at the VB2012 conference in Dallas, exploring the growing industry in selling details of exploitable vulnerabilities to the highest bidder.
Free speech or weapons in need of regulation?
SSCC 75 - VB 2011, Apple updates, Microsoft Patch Tuesday and German R2D2 Trojan
John Shier joined Chet this week as they discussed the death of UNIX and C co-creator Dennis Ritchie, the Virus Bulletin 2011 conference, Apple's release of iOS 5 and OS X 10.7.2, Microsoft Patch Tuesday, and the German R2D2 Trojan.
Following the tracks: understanding snowshoe spam
Brett Cove from SophosLabs Vancouver presented a paper at Virus Bulletin 2011 today explaining the oft forgotten spamming technique known as snowshoe spam.
Strategies for monitoring fake anti-virus distribution networks
At the Virus Bulletin 2011 conference in Barcelona, Spain, Sophos's Onur Komili presented research into identifying distribution networks used to spread fake anti-virus software.
Brazil's cybercrime evolution - it doesn't look pretty
Brazil is a cybercrime hotspot - with hundreds of millions of dollars stolen every year.
What is stopping the authorities from catching those responsible, and should anti-virus companies do more to fight the bad guys rather than just the bad files?
The m00p malware investigation - was justice done?
The Virus Bulletin conference is told about the investigation into a modern malware-writing gang.
But with only two of the cybercriminals sentenced, was justice really done?
Sophos experts at VB2011 conference in Barcelona
This week there is an opportunity to meet members of the SophosLabs and Naked Security teams at the prestigious Virus Bulletin conference.
Troj/DocDrop-S: A preview of a Virus Bulletin conference paper
SophosLabs expert Paul Baccas gives us a sneak preview of a paper he is presenting at the Virus Bulletin conference in October 2011.
Sophos wins VB100 in Windows XP SP3 comparative anti-virus test
Sophos performs well in a comparative test by Virus Bulletin of 69 different anti-virus products.
Sophos wins VB anti-spam comparative test
Virus Bulletin charts how well 20 different anti-spam products perform - plotting catch rate against false positives.
Sophos wins VB100 award for Ubuntu
The latest edition of Virus Bulletin magazine has just announced its results from its Linux comparative tests. Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux passed with flying colours, and easily earned its VB100 this month.
Sophos earns another VB 100 for December 2010
Sophos has earned another VB 100 award, learn more about why this is important and how we do it.
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