Marc Maiffret

The argument around the use of passwords and their relevancy today continues to increase.

The continued leak of classified government intelligence documents by Edward Snowden draws into question the balance of offensive and defensive capabilities of governments.

September's threat of the month is the Android master key vulnerability, which can bypass signature verification to gain full system-level access.

July's "threat of the month" is SCADA "sport fishing," which could enable attackers to manipulate a water supply and make it undrinkable.

For our May issue's "threat of the month," we focused on pdf.exe.zip files, an old-style email executable attachment attack.

The first "Threat of the Month" for 2013 are virtualized application vulnerabilities.

This month's threat of the month is anti-virtualization malware which automatically activates on a system boot-up.

What does the $4 billion network security industry do when a new attack is exposed? It plays "the great malware cover-up."

The recent controversy at this year's Black Hat conference highlighted a growing trend in vulnerability research and reporting — the inability of some to make a distinction between technically interesting, novelty attacks versus real threats.