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How past threats and technical developments influence the evolution of malware
2019-06-24 05:45

If we want to anticipate how malware will evolve in the near future, we have to keep two things in mind: past threats and current technical developments. “The evolution of malware-related threats is like a sine wave movement, re-infused by new technology developments,” Christiaan Beek, Lead Scientist and Senior Principal Engineer, McAfee, told Help Net Security. “Ransomware concepts were already known in the 90s, but the invention of Bitcoin technology in 2009 added a very … More → The post How past threats and technical developments influence the evolution of malware appeared first on Help Net Security.


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