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Explained: user agent

August 22, 2017 admin browser, chrome, crawler, email clients, Mozilla, Pieter Arntz, Security world, Technology, user agent, website

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 15:18:41 +0000

This post explains the pros and cons of using user agents when browsing the world wide web. What does it reveal and why?

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Explained: security certificates

August 8, 2017 admin Pieter Arntz, security certificates, Security world, Technology, trusted root, unable to connect to the service, untrusted, WDFLoad

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 18:17:21 +0000

Do you want to know how security certificates work and let us show you how malware can abuse the certificates system to block you from downloading and/or running your favorite software.

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Learning PowerShell: basic programs

August 4, 2017 admin 101, certificates, How-tos, Pieter Arntz, Powershell, program, script

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 18:00:35 +0000

In this last part of the short series about the basics of PowerShell we assemble a small script from scratch and explain how it works.

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Learning PowerShell: some basic commands

August 1, 2017 admin 101, certificates, commands, How-tos, Pieter Arntz, Powershell, Trojan, Vonteera

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:00:12 +0000

We are going to construct some basic Powershell commands and explain how they work just to show you how useful Powershell can be. For good and for bad.

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Fireball arrests made

July 28, 2017 admin ad fraud, Adware, cybercrime, elex, fireball, malware, Pieter Arntz, rafotech

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:30:25 +0000

Following some arrests in China, we hope to see a decrease in the amount of adware and adfraud hailing from the Rafotech labs aka Fireball.

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Explained: the Dark Web

July 26, 2017 admin dark web, deep web, Explained, onion, Pieter Arntz, Security world, surface web, Technology, torbrowser

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:00:33 +0000

How is the Dark Web different from the regular internet? We unravel a few misconceptions to bring you closer to the truth.

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Adware the series, the final: Tools section

July 19, 2017 admin Adware, FileASSASSIN, frst, Pieter Arntz, process explorer, PUP, Resource Monitor, rootkit, the more you know, tools, Trojan

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:00:46 +0000

The final episode of our adware series talks specifically about the tools that we use in identifying adware and the places where it lurks on a system.

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Learning PowerShell: The basics

July 11, 2017 admin 101, basic, cmdlet, How-tos, malware, Pieter Arntz, Powershell, restrictions

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:00:15 +0000

Get acquainted with some of the basic principles of Powershell and get prepared for some basic usage of this versatile tool that is available on all modern Windows systems.

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