Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimated that the Glupteba botnet was composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world as of December 2021. We also recommend monitoring DNS logs and keeping the antivirus software up to date to help prevent a potential Glupteba infection.”

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Balaban This ransomware was doing the rounds over spam generated by the Gameover ZeuS botnet, which had been originally launched in 2011 as a toolkit for stealing victim’s banking credentials and was repurposed for malware propagation. About the essayist.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

Experts from Kaspersky explained that in February 2019, multiple antivirus companies received a collection of malware samples, some of them cannot be associated with the activity of known APT groups. . Symantec believes Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

But in the meantime, WPA2 with a good firewall setting and antivirus software on your devices is pretty good security. See the Best Antivirus Software 6 Differences Between WPA2 and WPA3 WPA3 provides improved security features compared to WPA2. If your devices and router support WPA3, by all means upgrade to that protocol.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

CrowdStrike Best for endpoint security and services Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California Founded: 2011 Annual Revenue: $3.4 billion in revenue, Trend Micro continues growing steadily past its first-gen antivirus vendor status. Visit Cisco 5. Visit Trend Micro 8. Founded: 1985 Annual Revenue: $0.6

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Antivirus protection isn’t enough to protect against today’s advanced threats. Malware isn’t going away and even advanced monitoring and antivirus software can’t always catch what a malicious program will do when executed. Antivirus software is notable for its ability to scan programs being transferred, downloaded, and stored.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

This includes antivirus, identity protection, SIEM (where Gartner names it a Leader), endpoint protection (graded a Visionary by Gartner) and secure web gateways (Gartner Challenger). Founded: 2011. That combination has landed Sophos on nine of our top products lists: WAF, NGFW, UTM, EDR, encryption, XDR, MDR, and even antivirus.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

Individuals who generate that many installation packages are obviously not worried about antivirus software. Many members of these families became publicly available, serving as test subjects: for instance, their code was obfuscated to test the antivirus engine’s detection quality. Where did these come from?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

McAfee is widely known for bringing the first antivirus software to market. In 2011, McAfee added to their database security lineup with the acquisition of Sentrigo, which approached database security with an emphasis on privileged user activity and access. Also Read: Top 9 Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions for 2021.

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DoublePulsar

MARCH 2, 2020

I finished Skyrim in 2011 and haven’t recovered yet). an antivirus tool which a decade ago was the laughing point of the security industry, but now sits well regarded as a tool across millions of organisations and home PCs. I made this tweet in the early hours after Christmas Day (because who needs a life? Investment.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

We have discovered new evidence showing that Domestic Kitten has been using PE executables to target victims using Windows since at least 2013, with some evidence that it goes back to 2011. In February 2019, multiple antivirus companies received a collection of malware samples, most of them associated with various known APT groups.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Bessemer Venture Partners. ForgePoint Capital.

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Spinone

JANUARY 25, 2017

We know that these two important actions have to become our good habits, so why are we so reckless with our Data Backups, especially when today technology allows us to automatically sync and run planned backups just like an Antivirus program? For example, in 2011 Amazon had a Cloud Crash and lost customer data.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. Then there came all this antivirus, antimalware products, there was a need to report which ones were better at solving the problem. But antimalware is niche category.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. Then there came all this antivirus, antimalware products, there was a need to report which ones were better at solving the problem. But antimalware is niche category.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So on December 31, 2011, at almost midnight, a developer with direct access to OpenSSL, Robin Seggelmann, committed the change that changed the heartbeat function. Then there came all this antivirus, antimalware products, there was a need to report which ones were better at solving the problem. But antimalware is niche category.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

Severa ran several affiliate programs that paid cybercriminals to trick people into installing fake antivirus software. In 2011, KrebsOnSecurity dissected “SevAntivir” — Severa’s eponymous fake antivirus affiliate program — showing it was used to deploy new copies of the Kelihos spam botnet.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. ” Meanwhile, the Jabber address masscrypt@exploit.im

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

There is also currently a 0% unemployment rate in a security field that’s maintained that rate since 2011. They may offer other services, such as antivirus or firewall management. There will be an estimated 3.5 million open cybersecurity positions across the world in 2021. The skills gap.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

.” Pavel Vrublevsky is a convicted cybercriminal who became famous as the CEO of the Russian e-payments company ChronoPay , which specialized in facilitating online payments for a variety of “high-risk” businesses, including gambling, pirated Mp3 files, rogue antivirus software and “male enhancement” pills.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2021

McAfee sold his self-named company to Intel in 2011. He was also charged in a Manhattan federal court earlier this year for his alleged involvement in a pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme. Reuters previously reported that McAfee claimed the federal tax evasion charges against him were politically motivated. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

One of the fathers of antivirus software, the entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell while he was waiting for extradition to the US. The company was purchased by Intel in 2011 for more than $7.6bn.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2021

McAfee sold his self-named company to Intel in 2011. He was also charged in a Manhattan federal court earlier this year for his alleged involvement in a pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme. Reuters previously reported that McAfee claimed the federal tax evasion charges against him were politically motivated. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Any bugs or glitches in its programming leaves noticeable trails for antivirus software to track. The ZeroAccess botnet, discovered in 2011, hit systems hard with fraudulent advertising clicks and Bitcoin mining malware, infecting at least 9 million computers worldwide. Looking for More About Malware?

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

From the first Roomba in 2002 to the first virtual assistant (Siri) in 2011, AI has slowly and steadily penetrated the consumer technology market, often with little comprehension from buyers that artificial intelligence is actually powering the functionality behind their favorite devices.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Though polite, the Creeper was still an annoyance to some, and in 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first antivirus software , called Reaper. One of the first pieces of antivirus software , McAfee’s VirusScan, was released in 1987. It also would actively shut down antivirus processes to evade detection and removal.

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