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AV Is Dead. Again. Apparently.
A hat-tip to Kurt Wismer for drawing my attention via Security Memetics to a test (of sorts) described on a SANS web site. @robtlee specifically claims that “This isn’t an anti-AV or HIDS write-up…”...
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Mac testing – static versus dynamic
In That Anti-Virus Test You Read Might Not Be Accurate, and Here’s Why Intego’s Lysa Myers draws on her experience both sides of the tester/vendor divide (having previously worked with another vendor...
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Testing transparency and dirty little secrets
Well, this is encouraging. Techrepublic’s Michael Kassner, rather than recycling the ‘AV is dead’ mantra, took the trouble to interview Simon Edwards, Technical Director of Dennis Publishing’s testing...
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Feature Checking: from EICAR to AMTSO
AMTSO, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, yesterday announced its new page for checking AV feature settings. The new tools are a logical extension of the principle behind what is usually...
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AMTSO, testers, and vendors
Let’s get this out of the way: I have no current formal ties to AMTSO, and certainly don’t speak on its behalf (or on ESET’s, at any rate in articles on this blog). So maybe I can try to set the record...
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AMTSO Guidelines on Mobile Testing
Testing security software for mobile platforms isn’t the easiest testing area, but given that so many people use mobile devices for much or even all their personal computing, it’s a very important one....
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