Research papers


Microsoft Malware Protection Center Threat Report - Poison Ivy
Author: Tareq Saade, Dan Kurc, and Holly Stewart

Special Edition Security Intelligence Report: Battling the Rustock Threat
Author: David Anselmi, Richard Boscovich, T.J. Campana, Samantha Doerr, Marc Lauricella, Oleg Petrovsky, Tareq Saade, Holly Stewart

Microsoft Malware Protection Center Threat Report - Qakbot
Authors: Dan Kurc, Tareq Saade, Aaron Putnam, Holly Stewart
Battling the ZBot Threat
Authors: T.J. Campana, Joe Faulhaber, Paul Henry, Matt McCormack, Frank Simorjay, Holly Stewart
Standards and Policies on Packer Use
Authors: Samir Mody, Igor Muttik, and Peter Ferrie
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference September 2010
Observations and Lessons Learned from Comparing Point-in-Time Cleaning against Real-Time Protection
Author: Scott Wu
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference September 2010
Gaming the Gamers: Tricks of the Trade in the World of PWS Warcraft
Author: Chun Feng
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference September 2010
The Skype is no longer the Limit: New ways malware keeps in touch with your friends
Author: David Wood
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference September 2010
Industry Testing and Telemetry Sharing
Authors: Tony Lee and Jimmy Kuo
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference September 2010
I can't go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then
Author: Chun Feng
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference September 2009
The modern rogue - malware with a face
Author: Hamish O'Dea
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference September 2009
The cloud or the mist?
Author: Hilda Larina Ragragio and Marian Radu
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference September 2009
Playing with shadows - Exposing the black market for online game password theft
Author: Chun Feng
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference October 2008
When the hammer falls - Effects of successful widespread disinfection on malware development and direction
Author: Matt McCormack
First presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference October 2008

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