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Inside the fight against malware attacks

  • Written by Christoph Csallner, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas Arlington
imageTaking a much closer look at what's going on inside malware.MuchMania/Shutterstock.com

When malicious software attacks, computer scientists and security researchers want to know how the attackers got into what was supposed to be a secure system, and what they’re actually doing that’s causing problems for users. It’s a growing...

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