Date Author Title

ANTI VIRUS FALSE POSITIVES AVAST

2009-12-03Mark HofmanAvast false positives

ANTI

2024-11-19/a>Xavier MertensDetecting the Presence of a Debugger in Linux
2024-06-06/a>Xavier MertensMalicious Python Script with a "Best Before" Date
2024-03-19/a>Johannes UllrichAttacker Hunting Firewalls
2024-01-24/a>Johannes UllrichHow Bad User Interfaces Make Security Tools Harmful
2024-01-18/a>Johannes UllrichMore Scans for Ivanti Connect "Secure" VPN. Exploits Public
2024-01-16/a>Johannes UllrichScans for Ivanti Connect "Secure" VPN Vulnerability (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887)
2023-11-17/a>Jan KoprivaPhishing page with trivial anti-analysis features
2022-06-01/a>Jan KoprivaHTML phishing attachments - now with anti-analysis features
2022-03-27/a>Didier StevensVideo: Maldoc Cleaned by Anti-Virus
2021-07-06/a>Xavier MertensPython DLL Injection Check
2021-05-21/a>Xavier MertensLocking Kernel32.dll As Anti-Debugging Technique
2020-12-29/a>Jan KoprivaWant to know what's in a folder you don't have a permission to access? Try asking your AV solution...
2020-11-25/a>Xavier MertensLive Patching Windows API Calls Using PowerShell
2020-11-19/a>Xavier MertensPowerShell Dropper Delivering Formbook
2020-08-31/a>Didier StevensFinding The Original Maldoc
2020-08-29/a>Didier StevensMalicious Excel Sheet with a NULL VT Score: More Info
2020-06-04/a>Xavier MertensAnti-Debugging Technique based on Memory Protection
2020-01-23/a>Xavier MertensComplex Obfuscation VS Simple Trick
2018-06-25/a>Didier StevensGuilty by association
2016-12-24/a>Didier StevensPinging All The Way
2016-10-17/a>Didier StevensMaldoc VBA Anti-Analysis: Video
2016-10-15/a>Didier StevensMaldoc VBA Anti-Analysis
2015-12-05/a>Guy BruneauAre you looking to setup your own Malware Sandbox?
2015-07-03/a>Didier StevensAnalyzing Quarantine Files
2015-06-28/a>Didier StevensThe EICAR Test File
2014-05-27/a>Kevin ShorttAvast forums hacked
2013-08-03/a>Deborah HaleWhat Anti-virus Program Is Right For You?
2013-06-07/a>Daniel Wesemann100% Compliant (for 65% of the systems)
2013-04-26/a>Russ McReeWhat is "up to date anti-virus software"?
2012-11-02/a>Daniel WesemannThe shortcomings of anti-virus software
2012-06-19/a>Daniel Wesemann Vulnerabilityqueerprocessbrittleness
2012-05-16/a>Johannes UllrichAvira Antivirus false positives http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=144875
2012-04-26/a>Richard PorterDefine Irony: A medical device with a Virus?
2012-04-13/a>Daniel WesemannAnti-virus scanning exclusions
2011-07-11/a>John BambenekAnother Defense Contractor Hacked in AntiSec Hacktivism Spree
2011-06-02/a>Johannes UllrichSome Insight into Apple's Anti-Virus Signatures
2011-05-31/a>Johannes UllrichApple Improving OS X Anti-Malware Feature
2011-05-19/a>Daniel WesemannFake AV Bingo
2011-03-17/a>Kevin ListonSo You Got an AV Alert. Now What?
2011-03-09/a>Kevin ShorttAVG Anti-Virus 2011 False Positives - Luhe.Exploit.PDF.B
2011-03-01/a>Daniel WesemannAV software and "sharing samples"
2011-01-18/a>Daniel WesemannYet another rogue anti-virus
2010-11-11/a>Daniel WesemannFake AV scams via Skype Chat
2010-05-26/a>Bojan ZdrnjaMalware modularization and AV detection evasion
2010-02-15/a>Johannes UllrichVarious Olympics Related Dangerous Google Searches
2009-12-14/a>Adrien de BeaupreAnti-forensics, COFEE vs. DECAF
2009-12-03/a>Mark HofmanAvast false positives
2009-09-25/a>Lenny ZeltserCategories of Common Malware Traits
2009-09-17/a>Bojan ZdrnjaWhy is Rogue/Fake AV so successful?
2009-09-04/a>Adrien de BeaupreFake anti-virus
2009-08-29/a>Guy BruneauImmunet Protect - Cloud and Community Malware Protection
2009-08-19/a>Daniel WesemannChecking your protection
2009-08-13/a>Johannes UllrichCA eTrust update crashes systems
2009-07-11/a>Marcus SachsImageshack
2008-09-15/a>donald smithFake antivirus 2009 and search engine results
2006-10-30/a>William SaluskyToD - Configuration Management - maintaining security awareness

VIRUS

2024-09-06/a>Jesse La GrewEnrichment Data: Keeping it Fresh
2024-02-25/a>Guy BruneauUtilizing the VirusTotal API to Query Files Uploaded to DShield Honeypot [Guest Diary]
2024-02-06/a>Jan KoprivaComputer viruses are celebrating their 40th birthday (well, 54th, really)
2024-01-24/a>Johannes UllrichHow Bad User Interfaces Make Security Tools Harmful
2022-09-12/a>Johannes UllrichVirusTotal Result Comparisons for Honeypot Malware
2022-03-27/a>Didier StevensVideo: Maldoc Cleaned by Anti-Virus
2022-03-10/a>Xavier MertensCredentials Leaks on VirusTotal
2021-10-20/a>Xavier MertensThanks to COVID-19, New Types of Documents are Lost in The Wild
2021-03-06/a>Xavier MertensSpotting the Red Team on VirusTotal!
2020-12-29/a>Jan KoprivaWant to know what's in a folder you don't have a permission to access? Try asking your AV solution...
2020-11-25/a>Xavier MertensLive Patching Windows API Calls Using PowerShell
2020-11-18/a>Xavier MertensWhen Security Controls Lead to Security Issues
2020-08-31/a>Didier StevensFinding The Original Maldoc
2020-08-29/a>Didier StevensMalicious Excel Sheet with a NULL VT Score: More Info
2020-08-24/a>Xavier MertensTracking A Malware Campaign Through VT
2020-05-06/a>Xavier MertensKeeping an Eye on Malicious Files Life Time
2020-04-03/a>Xavier MertensObfuscated with a Simple 0x0A
2020-01-27/a>Johannes UllrichNetwork Security Perspective on Coronavirus Preparedness
2020-01-23/a>Xavier MertensComplex Obfuscation VS Simple Trick
2019-12-15/a>Didier StevensVirusTotal Email Submissions
2019-06-28/a>Rob VandenBrinkVerifying Running Processes against VirusTotal - Domain-Wide
2019-02-11/a>Didier StevensHave You Seen an Email Virus Recently?
2018-06-25/a>Didier StevensGuilty by association
2017-01-06/a>John BambenekGreat Misadventures of Security Vendors: Absurd Sandboxing Edition
2016-01-23/a>Didier StevensSigcheck and VirusTotal for Offline Machine
2015-12-05/a>Guy BruneauAre you looking to setup your own Malware Sandbox?
2015-08-06/a>Didier StevensSigcheck and virustotal-search
2015-07-21/a>Didier StevensSearching Through the VirusTotal Database
2015-07-17/a>Didier StevensProcess Explorer and VirusTotal
2015-07-17/a>Didier StevensAutoruns and VirusTotal
2015-07-17/a>Didier StevensSigcheck and VirusTotal
2015-06-28/a>Didier StevensThe EICAR Test File
2014-10-03/a>Johannes UllrichCSAM: The Power of Virustotal to Turn Harmless Binaries Malicious
2014-05-27/a>Kevin ShorttAvast forums hacked
2014-02-07/a>Rob VandenBrinkHello Virustotal? It's Microsoft Calling.
2013-10-30/a>Russ McReeSIR v15: Five good reasons to leave Windows XP behind
2013-08-03/a>Deborah HaleWhat Anti-virus Program Is Right For You?
2013-06-07/a>Daniel Wesemann100% Compliant (for 65% of the systems)
2013-04-26/a>Russ McReeWhat is "up to date anti-virus software"?
2012-12-03/a>John BambenekJohn McAfee Exposes His Location in Photo About His Being on Run
2012-11-29/a>Kevin ShorttNew Apple Security Update: APPLE-SA-2012-11-29-1 Apple TV 5.1.1
2012-11-28/a>Mark HofmanMcAfee releases extraDAT for W32/Autorun.worm.aaeb-h
2012-11-28/a>Mark HofmanNew version of wireshark is available (1.8.4), some security fixes included.
2012-11-27/a>Chris MohanCan users' phish emails be a security admin's catch of the day?
2012-11-26/a>John BambenekOnline Shopping for the Holidays? Tips, News and a Fair Warning
2012-11-20/a>John BambenekFirefox v 17.0 just released, more here: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0/releasenotes/
2012-11-20/a>John BambenekBehind the Random NTP Bizarreness of Incorrect Year Being Set
2012-11-19/a>John BambenekMoneyGram fined $100 million for aiding wire fraud - http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/11/moneygram-fined-100-million-for-wire-fraud/
2012-11-19/a>John BambenekNew Poll: Top 5 Unresolved Security Problems of 2012
2012-11-17/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezNew Sysinternal Updates: AdExplorer v1.44, Contig v1.7, Coreinfo v3.2, Procdump v5.1. See http://blogs.technet.com/b/sysinternals/archive/2012/11/16/updates-adexplorer-v1-44-contig-v1-7-coreinfo-v3-2-procdump-v5-1.aspx?Redirected=true
2012-11-12/a>John BambenekRequest for info: Robocall Phishing Against Local/Regional Banks
2012-11-09/a>Mark BaggettRemote Diagnostics with PSR
2012-11-09/a>Mark BaggettFresh batch of Microsoft patches next week
2012-11-07/a>Mark BaggettHelp eliminate unquoted path vulnerabilities
2012-11-07/a>Mark BaggettMultiple 0-Days Reported!
2012-11-07/a>Mark BaggettCisco TACACS+ Authentication Bypass
2012-11-05/a>Johannes UllrichReminder: Ongoing SMTP Brute Forcing Attacks
2012-11-05/a>Johannes UllrichPossible Fake-AV Ads from Doubleclick Servers
2012-11-04/a>Lorna HutchesonWhat's important on your network?
2012-11-02/a>Daniel WesemannThe shortcomings of anti-virus software
2012-10-31/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 31 - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
2012-10-30/a>Richard PorterSplunk 5.0 SP-CAAAHB4 http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAHB4
2012-10-30/a>Johannes UllrichHurricane Sandy Update
2012-10-28/a>Tony CarothersFirefox 16.02 Released
2012-10-26/a>Russ McReeCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 26 - Attackers use trusted domain to propagate Citadel Zeus variant
2012-10-25/a>Richard PorterCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 25 - Pro Audio & Video Packets on the Wire
2012-10-24/a>Russ McReeOngoing Windstream outage in the midwest - https://twitter.com/search?q=windstream
2012-10-21/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 22: Connectors
2012-10-21/a>Lorna HutchesonPotential Phish for Regular Webmail Accounts
2012-10-19/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 19: Standard log formats and CEE.
2012-10-18/a>Rob VandenBrinkCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 18 - Vendor Standards: The vSphere Hardening Guide
2012-10-17/a>Mark HofmanNew Acrobat release (including reader) available. Version 11. Some security improvements more here -->http://blogs.adobe.com/adobereader/
2012-10-16/a>Richard PorterCyberAwareness Month - Day 15, Standards Body Soup (pt2), Same Soup Different Cook.
2012-10-16/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 16: W3C and HTML
2012-10-14/a>Pedro BuenoCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 14 - Poor Man's File Analysis System - Part 1
2012-10-09/a>Johannes UllrichMicrosoft October 2012 Black Tuesday Update - Overview
2012-10-07/a>Tony CarothersCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 7 - Rollup Review of CSAM Week 1
2012-10-05/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 5: Standards Body Soup, So many Flavors in the bowl.
2012-10-05/a>Richard PorterReports of a Distributed Injection Scan
2012-10-05/a>Richard PorterVMWare Security Advisory: VMSA-2012-0014 - http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html
2012-10-04/a>Mark HofmanAnd the SHA-3 title goes to .....Keccak
2012-10-01/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month
2012-09-28/a>Joel EslerAdobe certification revocation for October 4th
2012-09-26/a>Johannes UllrichSome Android phones can be reset to factory default by clicking on links
2012-09-26/a>Johannes UllrichMore Java Woes
2012-09-21/a>Johannes UllrichiOS 6 Security Roundup
2012-09-19/a>Russ McReeScript kiddie scavenging with Shellbot.S
2012-09-17/a>Rob VandenBrinkWhat's on your iPad?
2012-09-14/a>Lenny ZeltserScam Report - Fake Voice Mail Email Notification Redirects to Malicious Site
2012-09-13/a>Mark BaggettMicrosoft disrupts traffic associated with the Nitol botnet
2012-09-13/a>Mark BaggettMore SSL trouble
2012-09-10/a>Johannes UllrichMicrosoft Patch Tuesday Pre-Release
2012-09-10/a>Johannes UllrichGodaddy DDoS Attack
2012-09-06/a>Johannes UllrichSSL Requests sent to port 80 (request for help/input)
2012-09-04/a>Johannes UllrichAnother round of "Spot the Exploit E-Mail"
2012-09-02/a>Lorna HutchesonDemonstrating the value of your Intrusion Detection Program and Analysts
2012-09-01/a>Russ McReeBlackhole targeting Java vulnerability via fake Microsoft Services Agreement email phish
2012-08-30/a>Johannes UllrichEditorial: The Slumlord Approach to Network Security http://isc.sans.edu/j/editorial
2012-08-29/a>Johannes Ullrich"Data" URLs used for in-URL phishing
2012-08-27/a>Johannes UllrichThe Good, Bad and Ugly about Assigning IPv6 Addresses
2012-08-27/a>Johannes UllrichMalware Spam harvesting Facebook Information
2012-08-26/a>Lorna HutchesonWho ya gonna contact?
2012-08-20/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezDo we need test procedures in our companies before implementing Antivirus signatures?
2012-08-19/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezAuthentication Issues between entities during protocol message exchange in SCADA Systems
2012-08-12/a>Tony CarothersLayers of the Defense-in-Depth Onion
2012-08-12/a>Tony CarothersOracle Security Alert for CVE-2012-3132
2012-08-09/a>Mark HofmanZeus/Citadel variant causing issues in the Netherlands
2012-08-09/a>Mark HofmanSQL Injection Lilupophilupop style, Part 2
2012-08-07/a>Adrien de BeaupreWho protects small business?
2012-08-04/a>Kevin ListonVendors: More Patch-Release Options Please
2012-07-27/a>Daniel WesemannCuckoo 0.4 is out - cool new features for malware analysis http://www.cuckoosandbox.org/
2012-07-24/a>Richard PorterWireshark 1.8.1 Released http://www.wireshark.org/
2012-07-24/a>Richard PorterReport of spike in DNS Queries gd21.net
2012-07-20/a>Mark BaggettSyria Internet connection cut?
2012-07-19/a>Mark BaggettDiagnosing Malware with Resource Monitor
2012-07-19/a>Mark BaggettA Heap of Overflows?
2012-07-16/a>Richard PorterSysinternals Update @ http://blogs.technet.com/b/sysinternals/archive/2012/07/16/updates-handle-v3-5-process-explorer-v15-22-process-monitor-v3-03-rammap-v1-21-zoomit-v4-3.aspx
2012-07-13/a>Richard PorterYesterday (not as on the ball as Rob) at SANSFire
2012-07-12/a>Rick WannerCisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch - http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctms
2012-07-12/a>Rick WannerCisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Recording Server - http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctrs
2012-07-12/a>Rick WannerCisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Immersive Endpoint Devices - http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-cts
2012-07-12/a>Rick WannerCisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Manager - http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctsman
2012-07-09/a>Johannes UllrichThe FBI will turn off the Internet on Monday (or not)
2012-07-09/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezInternet Storm Center panel tonight at SANSFIRE 2012!
2012-07-05/a>Adrien de BeaupreNew OS X trojan backdoor MaControl variant reported
2012-07-02/a>Joel EslerLinux & Java leap second bug
2012-07-02/a>Joel EslerA rough guide to keeping your website up
2012-06-29/a>Jim ClausingUpdated SysInternals tools - Autoruns, Process Explorer, Process Monitor, PSKill -- http://blogs.technet.com/b/sysinternals/archive/2012/06/28/updates-autoruns-v11-32-process-explorer-v15-21-process-monitor-v3-02-pskill-v1-15-rammap-v1-2.aspx
2012-06-21/a>Russ McReeAnalysis of drive-by attack sample set
2012-06-21/a>Russ McReeWireshark 1.8.0 released 21 JUN 2012 http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
2012-06-19/a>Daniel Wesemann Vulnerabilityqueerprocessbrittleness
2012-05-16/a>Johannes UllrichAvira Antivirus false positives http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=144875
2012-04-26/a>Richard PorterDefine Irony: A medical device with a Virus?
2012-04-13/a>Daniel WesemannAnti-virus scanning exclusions
2012-03-05/a>Johannes UllrichFlashback Malware now with Twitter C&C
2011-07-02/a>Pedro BuenoBootkits, they are back at full speed...
2011-06-02/a>Johannes UllrichSome Insight into Apple's Anti-Virus Signatures
2011-05-31/a>Johannes UllrichApple Improving OS X Anti-Malware Feature
2011-05-19/a>Daniel WesemannFake AV Bingo
2011-04-20/a>Daniel WesemannVirustotal.com hiccup
2011-03-17/a>Kevin ListonSo You Got an AV Alert. Now What?
2011-03-09/a>Kevin ShorttAVG Anti-Virus 2011 False Positives - Luhe.Exploit.PDF.B
2011-03-01/a>Daniel WesemannAV software and "sharing samples"
2011-02-07/a>Pedro BuenoThe Good , the Bad and the Unknown Online Scanners
2011-01-18/a>Daniel WesemannYet another rogue anti-virus
2011-01-10/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezFacebook virus spreads via photo album chat messages
2011-01-10/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezVirusTotal VTzilla firefox/chrome plugin
2010-11-11/a>Daniel WesemannFake AV scams via Skype Chat
2010-09-09/a>Marcus Sachs'Here You Have' Email
2010-06-14/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezSmall lot of Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 shipped with malware
2010-05-26/a>Bojan ZdrnjaMalware modularization and AV detection evasion
2010-02-15/a>Johannes UllrichVarious Olympics Related Dangerous Google Searches
2009-12-03/a>Mark HofmanAvast false positives
2009-09-25/a>Lenny ZeltserCategories of Common Malware Traits
2009-09-17/a>Bojan ZdrnjaWhy is Rogue/Fake AV so successful?
2009-08-29/a>Guy BruneauImmunet Protect - Cloud and Community Malware Protection
2009-08-19/a>Daniel WesemannChecking your protection
2009-08-13/a>Johannes UllrichCA eTrust update crashes systems
2008-09-15/a>donald smithFake antivirus 2009 and search engine results
2006-10-30/a>William SaluskyToD - Configuration Management - maintaining security awareness
2000-01-02/a>Deborah Hale2010 A Look Back - 2011 A Look Ahead

FALSE

2018-06-25/a>Didier StevensGuilty by association
2016-02-22/a>Xavier MertensReducing False Positives with Open Data Sources
2014-08-29/a>Johannes UllrichFalse Positive or Not? Difficult to Analyze Javascript
2014-02-03/a>Johannes UllrichWhen an Attack isn't an Attack
2013-10-25/a>Rob VandenBrinkKaspersky flags TCPIP.SYS as Malware
2013-10-24/a>Johannes UllrichFalse Positive: php.net Malware Alert
2012-05-16/a>Johannes UllrichAvira Antivirus false positives http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=144875
2011-03-09/a>Kevin ShorttAVG Anti-Virus 2011 False Positives - Luhe.Exploit.PDF.B
2010-04-21/a>Guy BruneauMcAfee DAT 5958 Update Issues
2009-12-03/a>Mark HofmanAvast false positives
2009-07-12/a>Mari NicholsCA Apologizes for False Positive
2008-12-04/a>Bojan ZdrnjaFinjan blocking access to isc.sans.org

POSITIVES

2014-02-03/a>Johannes UllrichWhen an Attack isn't an Attack
2012-05-16/a>Johannes UllrichAvira Antivirus false positives http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=144875
2011-03-09/a>Kevin ShorttAVG Anti-Virus 2011 False Positives - Luhe.Exploit.PDF.B
2010-11-04/a>Johannes UllrichMicrosoft Smart Screen False Positivies
2009-12-03/a>Mark HofmanAvast false positives

AVAST

2017-08-23/a>Xavier MertensMalicious script dropping an executable signed by Avast?
2014-05-27/a>Kevin ShorttAvast forums hacked
2009-12-03/a>Mark HofmanAvast false positives