CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Studies show that CSO readers are most likely to know that endpoint protection is the modern iteration of the antivirus tools of previous generations. Antivirus, more appropriately known as antimalware, has matured significantly since the days of dedicated antivirus servers, daily signature updates, and manually managed policies.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

Phishing has been around for 20 years, and it will continue as long as there is money to be made. To date, combatting it involves upgrading antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) software, while educating users not to click on “suspicious” attachments or links. We’ve been failing miserably.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Palo Alto’s Unit 42 has investigated several incidents linked to the Luna Moth group callback phishing extortion campaign targeting businesses in multiple sectors, including legal and retail. Luna Moth removes malware portion of phishing callback attack. This malware element is synonymous with traditional callback phishing attacks.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 20, 2022

While Microsoft pulled back from this decision, I urge you to look for additional ways to protect users from phishing lures and attack vectors that include malicious Office files. I’ve seen many a phishing lure come in via web links, pretend cloud services, and other techniques that bypass traditional antivirus and file filtering.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

Since the day we started receiving email, we have failed at protecting recipients from scams, phishes and other email messages that they don’t want. We hope that our antivirus or endpoint protection software alerts us to problems.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Did end-user training really teach the fundamentals to avoid a phishing attack? For example, would you use antivirus alone as an endpoint security solution? And many of the items a CISO is responsible for are dependent on the threat landscape and the security posture of others. Did teams install the software correctly?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab. Graham Cluley started as a videogame developer and antivirus programmer three decades ago before serving in senior roles at Sophos and McAfee. — thaddeus e.

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