A widely active phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation known as FlowerStorm has begun using a browser-based virtual machine to conceal credential theft code, marking what researchers say is an ...

Morey J. Haber, Chief Security Advisor at BeyondTrust, is an identity and technical evangelist with over 25 years of IT industry experience. We often prepare for threats that are visible, and ...

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Mojang Studios announced Tuesday it will eliminate code obfuscation in Minecraft: Java Edition, marking a significant shift in how the company distributes the game to its modding community. The change ...

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 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 ...

A malware campaign dubbed "OBSCURE#BAT" is making effective use of heavily obfuscated code and evasion techniques like API hooking to trick unsuspecting users into downloading an advanced and highly ...

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 ...

Computer programmers are being challenged to write the world’s sneakiest and most confusing code in a competition that opens next week. To win, entrants must find ways to write programs in the C ...