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Malwarebytes @ DefCon

July 26, 2012 - That’s right, this week some of the Malwarebytes gang will be out in Las Vegas for the hacker convention: DefCon 20! Who is going? Marcin Kleczynski CEO Rebecca Kline Director of Marketing Josh Hall-Bachner Web Developer Doug Swanson VP of Development Adam Kujawa Me! What are we doing there? DefCon...

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Malwarebytes @ DefCon: The Wrap-Up

July 30, 2012 - As mentioned last week, the Malwarebytes crew made it out to DefCon this year to check out all of the interesting talks and presentations given by various members of the computer/intelligence security community. This blog is meant to summarize most of what we saw, giving a brief explanation of which talks we thought were the...

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DefCon for Developers

August 8, 2012 - My colleague Adam Kujawa recently wrote a great post about the Malwarebytes experience at the hacker convention DefCon this year. By popular demand, here’s a round-up of my top four favorite DefCon talks from a development perspective: 1. “Stiltwalker”, by “DC949” (http://www.dc949.org/projects/stiltwalker) I am sure everyone is familiar with reCAPTCHA. You have likely wasted hours...

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Passing The BitCoin

August 24, 2012 - BitCoin is a new-ish form of digital currency. It allows people to perform financial transactions without the need for a bank or central authority and allows for a large amount of privacy. Transactions are currently limited to ones performed online and only by individuals and organizations that accept BitCoin as payment. However, in the next...

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Business |Security world

So You Want To Be A Malware Analyst

September 18, 2012 - In war, there are always two sides: the attackers and the defenders. A less focused on group is the researchers and developers. While soldiers are fighting a war on the front lines, scientists and engineers are researching and developing new weapons, defenses and tools; things that give their side an advantage. If one of these...

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