Dallas, Texas is antivirus and anti-malware vendor ground zero
this week. Virus Bulletin’s VB2012 conference
is taking place in the US for the first
time since 2004. A substantial number of
major antivirus and anti-malware vendors attend this function, as well as customers. Delegates
range from dedicated anti-malware researchers to security experts from
government and military organizations, legal, financial, and educational institutions,
and large corporations. This is an annual
event, put on by Virus Bulletin.
This isn’t three days of drinking and partying. Well, okay. This is Texas, so there will be
drinking and partying, after six hours of daily presentations. Despite the fact that this is in Texas, there
won’t be a plethora of black hats and dinner plate sized belt buckles. The word "fixin'" will be in short supply. There also won’t be a lot of “boot skootin’”
at the evening events. A higher
probability of gangnam style dancing, perhaps, at the cabaret the second
evening of the conference.
Attendees at the event
will have a selection of presentations , each day of the three day conference from customers,
academia, and vendors, Topics include - “On
temporal drift in malware families”, “how to test properly: comparative web
filter tests”, “a little bit about the
freemium phenomenon from the proud beer provider” (gotta love Czech Republic based Avast Pivo, prosim!), “Linux mass infection tools”, “Identifying social malware”, and “Russian
hackers, proxy resellers, and rootkits”. Attendees will have their choice of
about sixteen presentations daily, as well as having time to chat with vendors
sponsoring the event. These aren’t sales
presentations! The conference program caters to both technical and corporate
audiences. The link below leads to
abstracts of this year’s presentations.
Gratuitous plug for the Platinum Sponsors - Avast, ESET, and
Qihoo 360.
All attending will have an educational time. Next year’s event will be in Barcelona.
More than one company has been “surprised” by failing Virus
Bulletin’s VB100 test (done several times per year). In fact, some major vendors no longer
participate. Virus Bulletin also puts
out a Reactive and Proactive RAP Averages quadrant four times annually, plotting
Reactive Detection versus Proactive Detection.
In addition, people who look at this may be surprised to see that the
major vendors aren’t necessarily the best performing. You won’t find Symantec or Trend Micro on
this chart.
Virus Bulletin www.virusbtn.com
Virus Bulletin focuses its efforts in three main areas: a
monthly magazine, an annual conference, and bimonthly product certification.
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