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Signed Malware

Schneier on Security

What's more, it predated Stuxnet, with the first known instance occurring in 2003. The forgeries also allow malware to evade antivirus protections. Now, researchers have presented proof that digitally signed malware is much more common than previously believed.

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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

You need to have a reasonable level of trust in the devices connecting to any network, so any policies you can set to require things like antivirus , updated operating systems and VPNs will protect both the network and its users. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an improvement of WEP introduced in 2003.

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Supply-Chain Security and Trust

Schneier on Security

And while nation-state threats like China and Huawei ­-- or Russia and the antivirus company Kaspersky a couple of years earlier ­-- make the news, many of the vulnerabilities I described above are being exploited by cybercriminals. The overall problem is that of supply-chain security, because every part of the supply chain can be attacked.

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[SI-LAB] FlawedAmmyy Leveraging Undetected XLM Macros as an Infection Vehicle

Security Affairs

This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines. doc and.xlm) to evade antivirus detection and bypass spam filters as well. Figure 5: Microsoft Excel 97-2003 version identified. macro technology.

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New Security Vulnerabilities: How Should You Respond?

NopSec

The vulnerability was such that the threat actors could bypass typical defenses such as antivirus (AV) and endpoint detection and response (EDR). In fact, patching of vulnerabilities has been so commonplace for so long that Microsoft started something it called “ Patch Tuesday ” in 2003.

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

In 2003, he knew that firewalls were too complex for all IT staff and for understaffed companies to manage. They first sold it asking ‘do you have antivirus and a firewall’ – check box one, check box two, now you have cyber insurance. He and his tiny team of 3 people, began the world’s first MSSP.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab. Graham Cluley started as a videogame developer and antivirus programmer three decades ago before serving in senior roles at Sophos and McAfee.