Security News

Microsoft Creates Sandbox for Windows Defender
2018-10-29 12:55

Microsoft announced on Friday that Windows Defender, the antivirus application shipped with the company’s operating systems, can now run in a sandbox, and the tech giant claims it’s the first...

Windows Defender can now run inside a sandbox
2018-10-29 12:25

Microsoft has made it possible for Windows Defender Antivirus to be run within a sandbox, a restrictive environment that separates the AV’s processes from those of the underlying Windows OS, thus...

Fighting Sandbox-Evading Malware
2018-08-17 20:48

Verizon's Ashish Thapar Shares Tips and TechniquesMalware detection needs to shift to detecting anomalous behavior, rather than depending on signature-based detection technologies to deal with...

Photo gallery: RSA Conference 2018 Innovation Sandbox
2018-04-17 23:45

The RSA Conference 2018 is underway at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Here are a few photos from the Innovation Sandbox, where the 10 finalists – Acalvio Technologies, Awake Security, BigID,...

VirusTotal Launches New Android Sandbox
2018-04-06 11:30

Google-owned VirusTotal announced on Thursday the launch of a new Android sandbox designed to provide detailed information on potential threats targeting the mobile operating system. The new...

VirusTotal launches 'Droidy' sandbox to detect malicious Android apps
2018-04-05 17:49

One of the biggest and most popular multi-antivirus scanning engine service has today launched a new Android sandbox service, dubbed VirusTotal Droidy, to help security researchers detect...

RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox Contest 2018 finalists announced
2018-03-20 19:57

RSA Conference announced the 10 finalists for its annual RSAC Innovation Sandbox Contest. The competition offers a leading platform for entrepreneurial cyber security companies to launch their...

Online Sandbox Services Used to Exfiltrate Data: Researcher
2018-03-20 18:27

Attackers can use online sandbox services to exfiltrate data from an isolated network, a SafeBreach security researcher has discovered. The new research is based on the discovery that cloud...

Patched Flash Player Sandbox Escape Leaked Windows Credentials (Threatpost)
2017-08-10 19:00

One of yesterday's Flash Player patches was a do-over after the researcher who privately reported the problem earlier this year discovered the original patch incompletely resolved the issue.