An old security technology that has gotten little attention is finally ready for a new closeup. It goes by the name polymorphic code — or alternatively, automated moving target defense or AMTD — and ...

A traditional form of attack by cyber criminals, polymorphic malware, has the ability to hide itself, changing variations with each new device while keeping its original algorithm. Since the code is ...

We are either at the dawn of AI-driven malware that rewrites itself on the fly, or we are seeing vendors and threat actors exaggerate its capabilities. Recent Google and MIT Sloan reports reignited ...

I first wrote about polymorphic malware four years ago. I recall having a hard time getting an editor to approve publication of my piece because he claimed none of his readers would be interested in ...

Shape Security has emerged with big backers, $26 million in venture funding from big names such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Google Ventures and Venrock and, more importantly, what could be a ...

We have been tracking the activity of the Rovnix bootkit family since April 2011. Rovnix was the first bootkit family to use VBR (Volume Boot Record) infection (NTFS bootstrap code) for loading ...

When it comes to cyber security, there’s nothing worse than storing important secret data in plaintext. With even the greenest malicious actors more than capable of loading up a hex editor or ...

The trendy new chatbot has many skills, and one of them is writing "polymorphic" malware that will destroy your computer. Reading time 2 minutes ChatGPT, the multi-talented AI-chatbot, has another ...

It is general knowledge that malware comes with variations, so antimalware software solutions cannot detect them. When it is seen, the antimalware software solution blocks that malware. Only a ...

The arms race between malicious hackers and the guardians of computer networks looks set to intensify with the development of “chameleon code”. The new weapon could leave networks defenceless as ...