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MY TAKE: Surfshark boosts ‘DIY security’ with its rollout of VPN-supplied antivirus protection

The Last Watchdog

Thus, Surfshark has just become the first VPN provider to launch an antivirus solution as part of its all-in-one security bundle Surfshark One. And let’s not forget the longstanding, multi-billion market of antivirus software subscriptions directed at consumers. Related: Turning humans into malware detectors. Why isn’t this enough?

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Critical Bug in Android Antivirus Exposes Address Books

Threatpost

Comprehensive testing of 21 free Android antivirus apps revealed big security vulnerabilities and privacy concerns; especially for AEGISLAB, BullGuard, dfndr and VIPRE.

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Security Yearbook’ preserves cybersecurity history — highlights tectonic shift

The Last Watchdog

Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry. Tectonic shift Digital transformation takes on a more precise meaning through the lens of Stiennon’s latest book. Much has changed; much has remained the same. You see it everywhere.” Lines are getting blurred.

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MY TAKE: What NortonLifeLock’s $8 billion buyout of Avast portends for consumer security

The Last Watchdog

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. Way back in 1990, Symantec acquired Norton Utilities and made Norton the heart of its antivirus subscription offering. Related: The coming of ubiquitous passwordless access.

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Author Q&A: Here’s why the good guys must continually test the limitations of ‘EDR’

The Last Watchdog

Related: How ‘XDR’ defeats silos Now along comes a new book, Evading EDR: The Definitive Guide for Defeating Endpoint Detection Systems , by a red team expert, Matt Hand, that drills down a premier legacy security system that is in the midst of this transition: endpoint detection and response, EDR. Hand: I don’t believe so.

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Multi-Platform Malware Framework ‘MATA’ On A Global Rampage

SecureBlitz

READ ALSO: 5 Top Cybersecurity Books You Must Read Kaspersky Lab's Analysis Early Detection: Kaspersky Lab identified the first traces of MATA in April 2018. Security researchers have identified a new and concerning malware threat: a multi-platform framework called “MATA.”

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How to keep attackers from using PowerShell against you

CSO Magazine

Living off the land is not the title of a gardening book. Rather than installing malicious software on your network that antivirus software might flag, attackers use the code already there to launch attacks. It’s the goal of attackers going after your network.