If clarity shines a light on something, obfuscating it is casting a shadow over it. The word “obfuscate” is cloaked in darkness, and often describes things that are shrouded in mystery, are ...

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In the new cryptomining module we discovered and described in our previous article, the cybercriminals behind the Stantinko botnet introduced several obfuscation techniques, some of which have not yet ...

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Advanced nation-state and cybercrime groups increasingly are hiding behind legitimate Microsoft Windows functions to mask their hacks - and their latest method ups the ante in abuses of the basic ...

Word of the day: Language does not only illuminate; at times, it conceals. Obfuscate is a word that captures this deliberate act of making something unclear, confusing or difficult to understand.

Google announced today five new rules for the Chrome Web Store, the portal where users go to download Chrome extensions. The new rules are primarily meant to prevent malicious extensions from reaching ...

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