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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

Residential proxy services are often marketed to people seeking the ability to evade country-specific blocking by the major movie and media streaming providers. These two software are currently unknown to most if not all antivirus companies.” The Exe Clean service made malware look like goodware to antivirus products.

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What is not included in a Cyber Insurance Policy

CyberSecurity Insiders

From the client’s side, all PCs must have antivirus software and must be kept updated. Companies that do not have an efficient business continuity plan like failing to back-up information on media or cloud service will not be eligible to go for a claim if, in case, data gets seized by hackers.

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Updated MATA attacks industrial companies in Eastern Europe

SecureList

Using a vulnerability in a legitimate driver and a rootkit, they interfered with the antivirus, intercepted user credentials (many of which were cached on the terminal server, including accounts with administrator privileges on many systems), and began actively moving around the network.

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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

Malwarebytes

The dedicated security firms were primarily big antivirus organisations, some of which were struggling to keep up with the threats now spilling across the Internet. Well, the answer to this makes a compelling case for a “yes”, because security was quite the mess back in the day. Help required. Exploits were rampant.

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MY TAKE: Why the next web-delivered ad you encounter could invisibly infect your smartphone

The Last Watchdog

This development is unfolding largely off the radar screen of the website publishers who depend on this ecosystem, says Chris Olson, CEO of the Media Trust , a 15-year-old website security vendor, based in McLean, VA that is on the front lines of mitigating this seething threat.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing this as long as they keep letting me. This bold about-face dumbfounded many longtime Norton users because antivirus firms had spent years broadly classifying all cryptomining programs as malware.

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Introducing the Digital Footprint Portal

Malwarebytes

From our safe portal, everyday people can view past password breaches, active social media profiles, potential leaks of government ID info, and more. More than a decade ago, Malwarebytes revolutionized the antivirus industry by prioritizing the security of all individuals.