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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. How to Defend Against Adware.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Informed by over two decades and billions of online transactions, Ali Cloud is well prepared to meet the latest web-enabled threats. Out of Palo Alto, California, Cloudera started in 2008 by alumni of Google, Yahoo!,

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Weathering Russian Winter: The Current State of Russian APTs

Security Boulevard

Antivirus companies like McAfee jumped on the opportunity to provide anti-APT products. The idea of the ‘advanced persistent threat’ is a bit of an abstract concept to most. From then on, APT became a heavily used, marketable term. What Is An APT? APT29 AKA CozyBear : This APT is associated with Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service.