ESET Threat Blog

I was interviewed yesterday by Fred Donovan, following up on the paper on AMTSO I presented at EICAR earlier this month. I may be prejudiced, but I think he's summarized my current  thoughts on the topic pretty well in the article, though it isn't my recommendation that the existing guidelines be reviewed independently: it was … Read More…

 In a recent blog I linked to my recent EICAR paper on AMTSO, but I also referred to an upcoming AMTSO workshop (last week in Munich, which explains the entirely gratuitous photograph taken at the Weihenstephan brewery) in which I anticipated a great deal of discussion about future directions.
Having returned a few days ago from … Read More…

Back in 2008, EICAR rejected a paper proposed by Andrew Lee and myself discussing the state of anti-malware testing and how it might be improved, on the grounds that it was “advertising” the fledgling AMTSO (Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization) initiative. You can decide for yourselves whether that criticism was justified: the same paper was accepted … Read More…

Even as AMTSO attempts to bring some qualified and competent guidance to testing methodologies, and individuals with an agenda or paranoia invent stories about why it is not good, we see more completely incompetent testing.
I refer this time to the test that Steve Ragan wrote about at http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201031/5979/Anti-Virus-industry-lacking-when-it-comes-to-detection-says-report. The test performed by Cyveillance, who describe … Read More…

I may have mentioned the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization here before.
 
ESET is an enthusiastic supporter of this initiative, and several members of the research and lab teams attended the meeting at the beginning of this week in Cupertino.
Lots of interesting and stimulating discussion took place. The Review of Reviews Board (or Review Analysis Board), … Read More…

You may have noticed that I’ve been making a lot of references to this over the past few weeks. You can now download it here. Quite a few people have worked pretty hard to make this project happen, and I’d like to thank them now. I hope some of you will find it interesting and … Read More…