Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

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. These are research projects on a par with the internet itself. This is an area that needs more research.

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Herjavec Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I was personally honored in my early career to work for Wang Laboratories and was invited to share one of my visions ‘fax over the internet’ with the company, which I invented. In 2003, he knew that firewalls were too complex for all IT staff and for understaffed companies to manage. Welcome to the information technology storm.

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Digital transformation Computers and Electronics Cyber Insurance Insurance 81

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

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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Malware Antivirus Technology Phishing 88

The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 18, 2018

And what does Cyber Security Awareness Month mean in 2018 as opposed to 2003? ” Compared with today, those were sleepy times – when you might update your desktop antivirus weekly or even monthly -like changing the batteries in your TV remote, but not be overly concerned about debilitating cyber attacks or scams, Schrader noted.

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Cyber Risk Cybersecurity Risk Computers and Electronics 40

Spinone

JUNE 21, 2018

In Great Britain, multiple medical organizations were infected presumably because they used Windows XP and Server 2003 that are no longer officially supported by Microsoft. Antivirus and internet security companies work hard on it, but you never know when the decryption software will become available.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the precursor of the modern Internet we know, love, and sometimes hate. Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000. Viruses Get Their Name: 1974-1986. Want to Learn More About Malware?

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Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140

Schneier on Security

MAY 10, 2018

In 2012, the focus was on Chinese-made Internet routers. In 2014, China reportedly banned antivirus products from both Kaspersky and the US company Symantec, based on similar fears. In 2003, someone almost slipped a very clever backdoor into Linux. Nor is the United States the only country worried about these threats.

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