First of a two-part series. Antivirus (AV) and anti-malware products are among the oldest and most mature defenses against cyber attacks we have, yet new malware samples seem to make it past legacy AV ...

The landscape of malware analysis has significantly evolved, driven by the increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the advanced techniques being developed to combat them. Malware attacks on US ...

Malware persistence techniques enable attackers to maintain access to compromised endpoints despite system reboots, credential changes, or other disruptions. Common methods include altering ...

Researchers use file-level sandboxes to analyze the behavior of malware samples as well as techniques malicious code uses to detect and evade analysis. Malware ingenuity isn’t limited to its ...

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On the modern-day cybersecurity battlefield, conventional malware detection techniques are being confronted with an uphill battle: minimizing false positives without sacrificing threat detection. As ...

A recent malware sample dynamically generates the name of a mutex object by using Windows product ID, lessening its predictability and complicating detection. Malware analysts have had a measure of ...

Last year, organizations spent $2 billion on products that provide Endpoint Detection and Response, a relatively new type of security protection for detecting and blocking malware targeting ...