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Morphing Ransomware Factory – Daily Security Byte EP. 269

June 8, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

In past videos, I’ve talked about how malware variants often “morph” to evade signature-based malware detection. Today’s video covers research showing just how often attackers change their ransomware variants. Watch to learn why you need better ways to catch modern malware and ransomware.

(Episode Runtime: 4:08)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PFL8kA-Dp8

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Ransomware morphs every 15 seconds – IBTimes
  • Blog post describing the Cerber Malware Factory – Invincea

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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