And also a tremendous number of offers of free or for-pay malware detection and removal tools.

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With advances in malware detection, access control and encryption, Windows 8 will provide support for the hardening of BIOS standards and native support of SEDs by the operating system.

FORBES: Creating Security from the Inside Out

This theoretical threat presupposes a compromised Google account, and Google had worked hard to reduce the possibility of hijacking accounts through tools like phishing and malware detection in Chrome and Gmail, default HTTPS in Gmail, 2-step verification, and others.

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This growth in number can be attributed to malware authors crafting their infected or trojanized applications to defeat anti-virus signature detection, distributing their malware in different application names, and trojanizing widely popular applications.

FORBES: Android Malware Quadruples Between 2011 And 2012

Fortinet, the largest security platform vendor, introduced several security intelligence features in its just announced FortiOS 5.0. including beaconing detection and in-line malware analysis.

FORBES: Security Intelligence Enters Mainstream

Rootkits and memory resident malware avoid leaving footprints in the file system to evade detection.

FORBES: To Stop Cybercrime: Understand Crime Logic, And Adapt

Antivirus and spyware detection software scans for and deletes spyware and other types of malware from your computer.

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