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4 Best Antivirus Software of 2021

eSecurity Planet

What’s the best antivirus software? With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Top 4 antivirus software. Bitdefender. Other AV contenders. Bitdefender Total Security. Credit card protection. Two-way firewall.

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How UPX Compression Is Used to Evade Detection Tools

eSecurity Planet

Attackers can use compression to hide malware inside seemingly harmless and legitimate files, which can fool signature-based detection and even advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-based antivirus solutions. While some packers like UPX only compress the file, others can also encrypt it.

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Survey: How well do IT pros know AI and machine learning?

Webroot

What do the terms artificial intelligence and machine learning mean to you? That’s why, for a few years now, we’ve been conducting surveys of IT professionals to determine their familiarity with, and attitudes toward, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Japan, and Australia/New Zealand.

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Ingenious Phishing Tactics in the Modern Scammer's Toolbox

SecureWorld News

Modern secure email gateways (SEGs) prevent the vast majority of dodgy messages from ever ending up in users' inboxes, and most antivirus tools can identify and block content that matches known phishing templates, as well. However, online fraudsters keep contriving methods to bypass these barriers.

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Machine Identities are Essential for Securing Smart Manufacturing

Security Boulevard

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) puts networked sensors and intelligent devices directly on the manufacturing floor to collect data, drive artificial intelligence and do predictive analytics. Driving an industrial revolution. The following are six advantages of IoT in the manufacturing industry. Quality control.

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Why You Need to Tune EDR to Secure Your Environment

eSecurity Planet

However, communication with managers can provide a good starting point, and many tools harness artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms to improve visibility into typical activities. Also read: Best Antivirus Software. Also read: 10 Top Active Directory Security Tools. Critical Data Access.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

Companies need to think of tools that help them test the whole lifecycle, and not just the part about getting your app to market. Just because I can market a new tool, how does someone else know whether or not it’s the real deal? They provided objective analysis of how well say Norton Antivirus worked vs Trend Micro Antivirus.