When it comes to high tech security stuff it is no longer the aged, serious looking computer scientists that hold hope for the future. The next generation of security actually rests on the delicate young shoulders of Millennials and beyond […]
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Imagine that it’s your responsibility to identify new malware threats, and conduct malware analysis to figure out how it works, and what it does so you can engineer an effective defense against it. Now, consider the fact that there is
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With advancements in technology Internet security threats have increased manifold as cyber criminals have managed to invade systems with innovative malware agents. They use sophisticated and deceptive cyber-attack technologies that are not recognized by traditional antivirus methods. To spot such
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At one point you could defend a kingdom by creating a moat–a small man-made river–around the castle. A moat offers little–if any–protection today. Attacks evolve over time, so defense must also adapt and evolve to remain effective. The same is true
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I’ve been saying for years that the traditional methods of defending against malware are flawed and unsustainable. It’s a reactive security model in the first place–the bad guys always get the first move. With millions of new malware exploits and
A recent report from FireEye reveals details about a hacker group—APT 30—which has been in existence for nearly a decade now but was never considered a major threat. Reports however suggest that the seemingly insular group which believes in working
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Social media sites have recently stepped up to help combat revenge porn–the posting of nude or lewd photos without the subject’s permission. That’s not the only threat out there, though, when it comes to the potential exposure of explicit photos
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A new ransomware campaign is upping the ante. Pacman can compromise a PC with a single click and encrypt the data. The only way to decrypt your data and get it back is to pay the ransom–and Pacman only gives
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A major threat to the increasingly popular virtual currencies was recently discovered by researchers from Kaspersky and INTERPOL. The identified threat has the capacity to embed malware, illegal data, child sexual abuse images or other malicious or elicit data in
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Palo Alto Networks created an app designed to check our Android device to see if it suffers from a critical security vulnerability its researchers discovered more than a year ago. Palo Alto Networks just revealed details of the flaw this
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