Product Of The Year 2025 – Summary of Advanced In-The-Wild Malware Test
Summary of Advanced In-The-Wild Malware Test The purpose of this summary is to recognize the developers whose software participated in the research initiated by the AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation in 2024. The awarding of a special “Product of the Year 2025” award is an excellent opportunity to encourage individuals in IT managerial positions, heads of technology […]
Cyber Transparency Audit of Xcitium Backend Data – Q3 2024
Transparency FirstThen Trust The world needs more transparency in the cybersecurity One of the cornerstones of cybersecurity is to ensure that data and systems are protected from serious consequences. It is difficult to choose a product if a customer does not have the opportunity to check whether the software meets certain standards. Endpoint cybersecurity is […]
How did advanced security software deal with threats? November 2024 edition
In November we conducted the last in 2024 6th edition of the test, completing the long-term series of the “Advanced In-The-Wild Malware Test” series. It is based on the fact that we use the same principles of navigating the Internet as during the daily use of e-mail clients, browsers, and communicators to realistically reproduce the […]
Summary of the Advanced In-The-Wild Malware Test – September 2024
With this summary we conclude this year’s penultimate series of Advanced In-The-Wild Malware Tests. As of September 2024, we have made a few changes under the hood in the Windows 10/11 security software testing application. The first and biggest is that we have developed a new way of capturing more evidence of malware sample detection […]
Cyber Transparency Audit of Xcitium backend data – Q2 2024
Transparency FirstThen Trust The world needs more transparency in the cybersecurity One of the cornerstones of cybersecurity is to ensure that data and systems are protected from serious consequences. It is difficult to choose a product if a customer does not have the opportunity to check whether the software meets certain standards. Endpoint cybersecurity is […]
Interview for SafetyDetectives.com about the future of the cybersecurity industry and artificial intelligence
I have been asked to present AVLab’s position on a number of cyber security issues in the area of testing protection products and artificial intelligence used for threat analysis, among other things. SafetyDetectives.com is best known for publishing valuable information about database leaks. It has its own research lab that works with CERT teams around […]
How is security software protect against new threats? Wild sample used in results for July 2024
July saw the conclusion of the Advanced In-The-Wild Malware Testing series, in which we use malware found ‘in the wild’ on the web to perform security tests. Using a honeypot network and access to public sources with links to malware, we qualify tested, working samples for testing. We reject samples that are unsuitable for testing […]
Simulation of offensive fileless attacks taking into account incident visibility in telemetry
Visibility of attacks in telemetry and incident response from the perspective of SOC (Security Operation Center) Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and eXtended Detection and Response (XDR) are derived from the multi-layered endpoint protection developed over the years. Their main task is to monitor operating systems and applications in the cloud in real time. Properly […]
In the wild ransomware threats on the rise – May 2024 test summary
During this edition of the Advanced In-The Wild Malware Test, a growing trend of ransomware malware and Trojans stealing user credentials has been revealed. Appearing more often than usual ransomware samples in the wild are also confirmed by independent statistics from Check Point – experts show a significant increase in the spread of ransomware in […]
Protection effectiveness of EDR solutions against Internet threats
We dedicate this edition to EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) solutions, and by the way we want to remind some terms. The primary purpose of EDR is to help security teams make better decisions when handling incidents that are reported from employee’s devices. EDR makes incident management much easier. For example, it is possible to […]
