Malware vaccination tricks: blue pills or red pills

Malware vaccination tricks are offered for various sorts and families of malware, but can and should we use them? What are the pros and cons? Read all about it.
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Explained: digital forensics

Digital forensics is different from cyber-security as it deals with the problem when it’s too late for precautions. It’s the science of figuring out what happened just before and after a breach.

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Explained: security certificates

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: some basic commands

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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Adware the series, the final: Tools section

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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