Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2024

Security tools such as antivirus software and firewalls have long been the stalwarts of cyber defense, forming the bedrock of protection for organizations worldwide.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2020

However, I often get confronted with a simple but severe problem: malware samples referenced in blog posts, whitepaper or mentioned on social media like Twitter are usually not easily available.” . “As many IT-security researchers, I’m heavily using public available information (OSINT) for hunting down new cyber threats.

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Fox IT

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Max Groot & Erik Schamper TL;DR Windows Defender (the antivirus shipped with standard installations of Windows) places malicious files into quarantine upon detection. Most commonly we encounter this for Windows Defender, the antivirus solution that is shipped by default with Microsoft Windows.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2025

While the syllabus includes an antivirus (AV) evasion module, the course primarily teaches identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities rather than evading detectionlikely to prevent overwhelming new students. OSCP-certified professionals generally agree that PEN-200 does not emphasize stealth.

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SecureList

JUNE 23, 2021

For a more detailed overview of the various adversarial attacks on malware classifiers, see our whitepaper and “ A survey on practical adversarial examples for malware classifiers “ Our goal. In particular, researchers at Skylight reported such a scenario for the Cylance antivirus product. – Gray-box attack.

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