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Explained: YARA rules

September 15, 2017 admin Explained, malware, Pieter Arntz, rules, Security world, Technology, the more you know, Threat analysis, yara

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:00:08 +0000

YARA is a tool that can be used to identify files that meet certain conditions. It is mainly in use by security researchers to classify malware.

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Explained: False positives

September 7, 2017 admin Explained, f/p, false positives, Pieter Arntz, Security world, Technology, the more you know

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:00:21 +0000

False positives are alarms for non-specific files or behavior that is flagged as malicious, while in fact there were no bad intentions present.

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Facebook worries: I didn’t post that

September 6, 2017 admin 101, apps, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, FYI, permissions, Pieter Arntz, the more you know

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 15:00:12 +0000

What could have happened when you find Facebook posts or messages that you didn’t post or send? And what are the actions you can take to prevent further abuse?

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Explained: digital forensics

August 25, 2017 admin digital, forensics, Pieter Arntz, Security world, Technology, the more you know

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:30:46 +0000

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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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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Explained: Bayesian spam filtering

February 17, 2017 admin bayesian, filter, Pieter Arntz, Security world, spam, Technology, the more you know

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:30:10 +0000

Bayesian spam filtering is based on Bayes rule, a statistical theorem that gives you the probability of an event. In Bayesian filtering it is used to give you the probability that a certain email is spam. The name Named after the statistician Rev. Thomas Bayes who provided an equation that basically allows new information to…

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Explained: Environmental variables

January 18, 2017 admin 101, environmental variables, Explained, FYI, Pieter Arntz, the more you know, windows

This post is intended to make readers aware of the existence and use of environmental variables. A windows feature that is often only known to programmers and other advanced users.

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