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Malware Mythbusting

Summary: Cisco Talos researcher presented a talk titled "Malware Mythbusting" at Ruxcon, Australia's premier technical security conference, drawing on data from a malware sandbox that also produced Snort rules. The talk questioned common assumptions about malware, including whether cutting off China and Russia would eliminate command-and-control servers, whether spambots remain a major threat, and whether malware authors are evil geniuses or can be found through diligence.

What you should know: The premise is that security teams tasked with defending networks have plenty of hype about malware but little good information on the nature of the threat, leaving defenders to plan around assumptions the talk set out to test.

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Malware
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