Hello again, this time I would like to present a story of one successful malware family. Why successful? Because it established a new way of spreading some time ago and mainly because it always scored very well in our statistics of malware detected in the wild. And what’s Kavo? It’s a name derived from the filenames of some binaries used by the malware family (kavo0.dll, kavo1.dll etc.). The malware family is known under different names such as Oliga, Kavos, Kamso, OnLineGames, Taterf etc.

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As many of you many know, Microsoft released their free security product earlier this week. Called MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials), it is a replacement for their One Care Product. It has been interesting reading the press coverage and the reaction from competitors. Some declare it will transform the security business and solve all security problems. Some equate it to a bad movie sequel. And some think it is Shakespearean—”Much Ado about Nothing”. Read more…

VB2009 took place at the Crowne Plaza Geneva, Switzerland (September 23 – 25). VB conferences always offer a opportunity to meet people from IT security sphere and share the knowledge. Some interesting news were already mentioned on our forums. This post is not intended to discuss technical topics, it should rather show you the beauty of Geneva and Swiss Alps and let you see the ambience of some special VB events (cabaret etc). The galleries are located here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/sejtko/Geneva01#

http://picasaweb.google.com/michal.trs/SwissTourVB2009#

other galleries (or some slight changes) may follow in near future.