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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

The concept of the term "malvertising" (a portmanteau of "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, albeit dodgy ones, and therefore fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration. Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. How does a malvertising attack unfold?

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How Big Data is Helping Improve Security

CTOvision

Cyber attackers always seem one step ahead of their targets, meaning that even if organizations use firewalls and anti-malware programs, hackers can still find ways around the defenses. This type of real time analysis can extend to networks, cloud services, personal devices, and more.

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Robin Hood of the Internet or the apocalypse of an industry

Dataconomy

Unscrupulous piracy services have ingeniously devised various revenue-generating mechanisms to perpetuate their illicit activities: Advertising : These nefarious platforms often amass revenue by enticing advertisers seeking a large number of impressions or clicks. One major issue is the presence of malware.

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Kicking the Tires: Verisign DNS Firewall

CTOvision

Cognitio has been evaluating the new Verisign DNS Firewall along with its Recursive DNS service for the last several weeks. Verisign has leveraged its industry leading DNS capabilities and unmatched technical ability in the DNS arena to develop the Verisign DNS Firewall offering.

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Death of the VPN: A Security Eulogy

SecureWorld News

As the internet rapidly expanded, so did viruses, malware and a plethora of attacks targeting end users and even their networks. In the early 2000s, internet users were becoming increasingly on-the-go and required the ability to connect remotely to a private network over a public connection.

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