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A multi-purpose fake online scanner

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:00:14 +0000

Just to show you that behind some PUPs there are threat actors that are too lazy to be bothered, we offer you a fake online scanner that was used to promote the infamous MacKeeper and a Windows system optimizer called Advance-System-Care.

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SecuritySophos

Anti-malware is imperfect but still necessary. Here’s why

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:53:27 +0000

Doctors sometimes make mistakes that harm the patient. Police often fail to protect and serve. When that happens, people rightly demand the failures be analyzed and fixed. But no one ever calls for the elimination of all doctors and police. Why then, do some call for the end of antivirus and anti-malware when failures happen? It’s a question […]

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FortinetSecurity

Byline: Companies Are Taking the Cyber Skills Gap Into Their Own Hands

Credit to Author: Scott Edwards| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 07:24:45 -0800

Businesses are expanding investments in infrastructure security but struggling to source the increasingly rare talent needed to implement and operate their solutions. As an industry-leader, Fortinet believes it is our responsibility to foster the development and continuing education of cybersecurity talent and close the cybersecurity skills gap

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SecurityTrendMicro

Trend Micro Protects Its Customers in 2016

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:00:41 +0000

Much of the data that is included in our 2016 security roundup report, A Record Year for Enterprise Threats, comes from the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ infrastructure. This is where our global threat intelligence resides and where we provide much of our protection capabilities for our customers. Trend Micro has 500,000 commercial customers and…

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