Endpoint July 17, 2017

How Virus Protection Software Has Evolved With the Threat Landscape

3 min read - Virus protection software has come a long way in the past 30 years, and the advent of machine learning represents a bright future for malware fighters.

May 2, 2017

Failed Fix? Endpoint Tools Overwhelmed, Underequipped to Handle Emerging Malware Threats

3 min read - A surge of new fileless malware and advanced file-based threats is making endpoint protection and monitoring all the more critical.

September 7, 2016

Antivirus Aggravation: False Positive Detection Delivers Negative Outcome for Windows Users

2 min read - Excessive false positive detection can impair users' ability to perform basic functions or administrative actions, producing results akin to an attack.

Malware September 2, 2016

Fighting Fire With WinDBG: Breaking URLZone’s Anti-VM Armor

10 min read - URLZone, a sophisticated banking Trojan that first emerged in 2009, keeps its inner workings under wraps with extensive anti-research features.

June 30, 2016

Symantec Vulnerabilities Are Severe, Require Immediate Action

2 min read - A security researcher at Google recently found more than two dozen severe Symantec vulnerabilities affecting several security products.

May 18, 2016

Bad Medicine? Symantec Antivirus Comes With Easy Exploit

2 min read - An antivirus security tool from Symantec has a serious vulnerability that can be leveraged for easy exploits if users don't patch immediately.

March 2, 2016

Next-Gen Endpoint Security Tools: Ready to Pull the Plug on Antivirus?

2 min read - Next-generation endpoint security solutions are poised to overtake traditional antivirus tools as the go-to for security teams.

Software Vulnerabilities January 21, 2016

Is Your Antivirus Software Vulnerable to Attack?

3 min read - Antivirus software has the potential to provide an attack surface for savvy cybercriminals — provided they can find any vulnerabilities in the tools.

January 5, 2016

AVG Chrome Extension Takes Things Too Far With Poor APIs

2 min read - Subpar APIs in one of AVG's Chrome extensions could wind up exposing user browsing history or even turn the extension into a vessel for malware.

July 17, 2015

Research Proves HTML5 Could Be Used to Hide Malware for Drive-By Download Attacks

2 min read - Researchers have shown how HTML5 could be used to hide malware through a series of obfuscation techniques that antivirus tools can't detect.