COMMENTARY--I can imagine a world where the computers needed no security. Where there were no passwords, no security checks, and no firewalls. Where the computers communicated freely and shared ...

Mullvad, one of the most private VPNs on the market, has introduced a new feature designed to make VPN use harder to detect in restrictive environments. This also aims to combat the impact obfuscation ...

In this guide, we explain what obfuscation does, how obfuscated servers can enhance your digital privacy, and when obfuscation is most beneficial. An obfuscated VPN server uses encryption to scramble ...

Attackers are increasingly changing up the techniques used to obfuscate what their software is doing, with one group hiding parts of their code using a variety of techniques swapped out every 37 days ...

A new paper titled "Indistinguishability Obfuscation from Well-Founded Assumptions" may have unlocked a decades-old encryption puzzle. Is it possible to encrypt a computer program such that the code ...

JavaScript, the ubiquitous scripting language used across Web applications worldwide, is becoming a key ingredient in phishing campaigns looking to plant malicious code on victims' computers, new ...

A new JavaScript obfuscation method utilizing invisible Unicode characters to represent binary values is being actively abused in phishing attacks targeting affiliates of an American political action ...

There are plenty of tools out there that can decompile compiled assemblies and retrieve the original source code. These decompilers are a threat to your intellectual property, making it imperative ...

With malware now so common and successful cyberattacks offering potentially high -- albeit criminal -- returns, there is little need for garden-variety hackers to learn how to develop exotic, custom ...