With so many endpoint security products on the market, selecting one with the optimal blend of protection, ease of use and affordability can be a challenge. Evaluating those last two criteria is relatively unco...
All antiviruses might claim to be secure, but how do those claims hold up when real-life attacks happen? According to the latest test results from AV-Comparatives, VIPRE is certified to fully protect users in t...
What HappenedFireEye discovered in early December that their network had been compromised, and that attackers stole some “Red Team” tools – tools that are used in penetration testing exercises with large client...
As this tumultuous year winds down (finally), it’s heartening to note there’s good reason to be cautiously optimistic about the coming New Year. The global health and economic challenges that plagued 2020 will ...
People often wonder, “What’s the best antivirus?” A lot of vendors will claim that their product is the best in the industry. The industry’s dirty secret is that much like a fighting game, there are tiers. If y...
The notorious financial entrepreneur William Francis Sutton Jr. (aka Willie Sutton) is famously credited with explaining his penchant for robbing banks by simply replying, “Because that’s where the money is.” T...
Guest Author: David Balaban. Extortion went cyber with the emergence of ransomware in 2006. The Archiveus Trojan broke new ground by leveraging asymmetric cryptography to lock down files in a victim’s “My Docu...
People who triple-padlock their doors while leaving their windows open are ripe for burglary (and mockery), but ridiculing those folks is plainly hypocritical when so many businesses invest vast sums in endpoin...
To say the year 2020 has seen the world become a more chaotic place must rate as one of history’s greatest understatements. If radioactive fire-breathing lizards suddenly began plummeting from the sky, it’s a s...
While the well-known adage “It’s not paranoia if they’re really after you” seems to be gaining greater traction in today’s turbulent world, it’s always been acutely on-point when applied to the challenge of cyb...
