Recognizing the Messages That Signal a Security Breach

Increasingly, cybersecurity experts warn that using traditional antimalware tools can lead to a false sense of security if used in conjunction with a system of prevention. In today’s rapidly evolving threat environment, this software remains a staple of personal and enterprise protection strategies. However, its limitations have become painfully obvious as the threat environment rapidly evolves. 

There is no doubt in my mind that signature-based scanners, in particular, are notoriously unreliable, particularly when faced with newly released exploits and malware variants—especially when they have just been released. One way to see the impact of this problem is to submit a suspicious file to Google’s VirusTotal service, which aggregates results from 60 of the most trusted anti-malware engines in the world, but the detection rates are sometimes inconsistent and shockingly low even there. 

A major issue facing cybercriminals is the fact that they no longer have to rewrite malicious code in order to evade detection. In many cases, they are only necessary to rearrange a few bytes or make minor adjustments to render the threat completely invisible to traditional scanners, thus enhancing the accuracy of the scan. 

In order to increase accuracy, security vendors have added new layers of defence to their systems.
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