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Antivirus software detects, blocks, and removes malicious code, helping reduce the risk of malware-driven data theft and system disruption.
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Antivirus software scans files and running processes to detect and remove malicious code such as viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, and spyware. It uses signature databases, heuristic rules, and behavioral analysis to identify threats during real-time monitoring or scheduled scans. Regular updates to detection rules are necessary to recognize new malware variants and reduce false negatives.
While antivirus helps block many common malware infections on endpoints, it has limited effectiveness against advanced threats like fileless malware or attacks that evade signature detection. Security teams should combine antivirus with complementary tools such as endpoint detection and response (EDR) to improve visibility and threat hunting. Proper tuning is important to minimize false positives and performance impacts that can disrupt operations or obscure genuine alerts.
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Info Security Magazine
2 years, 6 months ago
AI, Gaming, FinTech Named Major Cybersecurity Threats For Kids
Kaspersky also noted smart home device popularity and malicious apps as threats to children in 2024
The Hacker News
2 years, 6 months ago
New iShutdown Method Exposes Hidden Spyware Like Pegasus on Your iPhone
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a "lightweight method" called iShutdown for reliably identifying signs of spyware on Apple iOS devices, including notorious threats like NSO Group's Pegasus, QuaDream's Reign, and Intellexa's Predator. Kaspersky, which analyzed a set of iPhones that were compromised with Pegasus, said the infections left traces in a file
Info Security Magazine
2 years, 6 months ago
New Tool Identifies Pegasus and Other iOS Spyware
Kaspersky experts developed the tool after analyzing Shutdown.log, a file retaining reboot information
The Hacker News
2 years, 6 months ago
Hackers Weaponize Windows Flaw to Deploy Crypto-Siphoning Phemedrone Stealer
Threat actors have been observed leveraging a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows to deploy an open-source information stealer called Phemedrone Stealer
Bleeping Computer
2 years, 6 months ago
US court docs expose fake antivirus renewal phishing tactics
In a seizure warrant application, the U.S. Secret Service sheds light on how threat actors stole $34,000 using fake antivirus renewal subscription emails. [...]
Bleeping Computer
2 years, 6 months ago
Windows SmartScreen flaw exploited to drop Phemedrone malware
A Phemedrone information-stealing malware campaign exploits a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability (CVE-2023-36025) to bypass Windows security prompts when opening URL files. [...]