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Supply-Chain Security and Trust

Schneier on Security

And while nation-state threats like China and Huawei ­-- or Russia and the antivirus company Kaspersky a couple of years earlier ­-- make the news, many of the vulnerabilities I described above are being exploited by cybercriminals. These are research projects on a par with the internet itself. This is an area that needs more research.

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ESET Issues Security Patch for Privilege Escalation Flaw in Windows Products

Penetration Testing

The flaw, designated CVE-2024-2003 (CVSS 7.3) ESET, a leading cybersecurity provider, has addressed a high-severity vulnerability in its range of Windows security products.

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Supply-Chain Security

Schneier on Security

In 2012, the focus was on Chinese-made Internet routers. In 2014, China reportedly banned antivirus products from both Kaspersky and the US company Symantec, based on similar fears. In 2003, someone almost slipped a very clever backdoor into Linux. Nor is the United States the only country worried about these threats.

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the precursor of the modern Internet we know, love, and sometimes hate. Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000. Viruses Get Their Name: 1974-1986. Want to Learn More About Malware?

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Top 20 Cybersecurity Companies You Need to Know in 2025

eSecurity Planet

billion Employees count: ~7,500 Appearances on eSecurity Planet s Top Vendors lists: 14 Trend Micro (OTC: TMICY) customers cite high value and ease of use across a portfolio of tools such as antivirus , full disk encryption , cloud workload protection platforms (CWPP), and intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPSs). Visit Trellix 19.

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[SI-LAB] FlawedAmmyy Leveraging Undetected XLM Macros as an Infection Vehicle

Security Affairs

This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines. doc and.xlm) to evade antivirus detection and bypass spam filters as well. Figure 5: Microsoft Excel 97-2003 version identified. macro technology.

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

I was personally honored in my early career to work for Wang Laboratories and was invited to share one of my visions ‘fax over the internet’ with the company, which I invented. In 2003, he knew that firewalls were too complex for all IT staff and for understaffed companies to manage. Welcome to the information technology storm.