malware evasion - News, Features, and Slideshows

News about malware evasion
  • Malware-detecting 'sandboxing' technology no silver bullet

    The security technology called "sandboxing" aims at detecting malware code by subjecting it to run in a computer-based system of one type of another to analyze it for behavior and traits indicative of malware. Sandboxing -- one alternative to traditional signature-based malware defense -- is seen as a way to spot zero-day malware and stealthy attacks in particular. While this technique often effective, it's hardly foolproof, warns a security researcher who helped establish the sandboxing technology used by startup Lastline.

    Ellen Messmer | 26 Mar | Read more