Definition files are a great way of assessing the degree of activity at a computer security company. They vaguely measure the current intensity level of the cat-and-mouse game between malware ...

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Still, while Denonia is clearly malware, AWS Lambda is not “vulnerable” to it, per se, according to Bogdan Botezatu, director of threat research and reporting at Bitdefender.

Although widespread virus outbreaks may be a thing of the past, the total amount of malicious software being written is on the rise, says McAfee Inc. On Tuesday, the security vendor added the 200 ...

The question arose from a conversation – well, an exchange of tweets – with Mikko Hypponen and Sean Sullivan, both of F-Secure. Here’s the way I see it (and yes, I’m asking questions too, not posing ...

If your malware definitions are not up-to-date, they won’t be able to detect the new ones that may have already gone through. This is why keeping your security software updated with the latest ...

ClamXav virus definitions updated The free graphical front-end to ClamXav has been updated to include a virus definition for the Oompa-Loompa Trojan (OSX/Oomp-A).

The malware definitions list is stored in a file called XProtect.plist. To access this file from the Finder, from the Finder’s Go menu select Go To Folder (Command-Shift-G) ...

Apple's latest security update can detect the latest malware threats for OS X, but in addition it offers options to regularly update malware definitions to protect against future threats.

Shh/Updater-B is the part of the anti-virus suite that receives and processes malware-definition updates. If it were to be quarantined or deleted, Sophos' security suite wouldn't be able to repair ...