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Here at VB we are keeping a close eye on the global situation regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and the various travel restrictions and health advice, but in the meantime planning and arrangements for VB2020 are going ahead as usual, including the selection of papers.

Security Wired

March 17, 2020 admin

The Internet Avoided a Minor Disaster Last Week

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:15:52 +0000

A tiny backend bug at Let’s Encrypt almost broke millions of websites. A five-day scramble ensured it didn’t.

Magazine Security VirusBulletin

March 17, 2020 admin

VB2019 paper: Defeating APT10 compiler-level obfuscations

At VB2019 in London, Carbon Black researcher Takahiro Haruyama presented a paper on defeating compiler-level obfuscations used by the APT10 group. Today we publish both Takahiro’s paper and the recording of his presentation.

Security Wired

March 17, 2020 admin

An Unfixable Flaw Threatens 5 Years of Intel Chips

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2020 15:16:41 +0000

Plus: A J. Crew breach, CIA hacking, and more of the week’s top security news.

Magazine Security VirusBulletin

March 17, 2020 admin

VB2019 paper: Attribution is in the object: using RTF object dimensions to track APT phishing weaponizers

At VB2019 in London Michael Raggi (Proofpoint) and Ghareeb Saad (Anomali) presented a paper on the ‘Royal Road’ exploit builder (or weaponizer) and how the properties of RTF files can be used to track weaponizers and their users. Today we publish both their paper and the recording of their presentation.