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Brendan Smith

Cybersecurity analyst covering malware families, suspicious files, and detection alerts. Brendan focuses on clear explanations of what a warning means, when it may be a false positive, and which cleanup steps are appropriate.

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Cybersecurity news: March 2021

While the whole world was summarizing the past year in the state of the pandemic, the cybersecurity world showed an unusual calmness. After the...