Tag: randy abrams
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Throwback Thursday: Giving the EICAR test file some teeth
When in our VB100 test lab we set up an anti-virus product, one of the first things we do is to see if it works by making it scan the EICAR test file. This 68-byte file is supposed to be detected by any anti-virus product but does not perform any malicious activities and thus can…
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Throwback Thursday: Giving the EICAR test file some teeth
When in our VB100 test lab we set up an anti-virus product, one of the first things we do is to see if it works by making it scan the EICAR test file. This 68-byte file is supposed to be detected by any anti-virus product but does not perform any malicious activities and thus can…
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VB2017 paper: VirusTotal tips, tricks and myths
In a surprise announcement , Google ‘s parent company Alphabet has introduced Chronicle , a threat intelligence offering in which Google -owned VirusTotal will play an important role. While it is unclear at the moment what exactly Chronicle will do, the use of VirusTotal ‘s data is certainly interesting, given how important it is as…
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VB2017 paper: VirusTotal tips, tricks and myths
In a surprise announcement , Google ‘s parent company Alphabet has introduced Chronicle , a threat intelligence offering in which Google -owned VirusTotal will play an important role. While it is unclear at the moment what exactly Chronicle will do, the use of VirusTotal ‘s data is certainly interesting, given how important it is as…